Candlelit service for lives lost to suicide

LIVES lost through suicide were remembered by around 1,500 people who attended a special candlelit service in Maynooth, Co Kildare, yesterday.

The Christmas Celebration of Light was organised by Console, a national charity that provides professional counselling and support to those bereaved by suicide as well as those at risk of suicide.

Console founder Paul Kelly said the annual event was organised to highlight the fact that more than 500 people die through suicide every year in Ireland.