Alcohol consumption has ‘significant’ influence on suicide rates

ALCOHOL consumption has a “significant” influence on suicide levels among males at all ages and young women, research shows.

The study says that alcohol has a “much larger” impact on suicide rates than unemployment.

The research, which examines the period 1968 to 2009, claims to be the first to provide empirical evidence demonstrating the link between alcohol, as well as unemployment, on suicide rates in Ireland.