Study reveals suicide ‘cluster’ in area of Cork

A SUICIDE ‘cluster’ involving 18 people — mainly adolescent and young men — has been identified over an 18-month period in a small area in Cork.

Research by the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF) found that between September 2008 and March 2010 there were 18 deaths by suicide in one area. Links between the deaths were only uncovered after interviews carried out by a special research team, the Suicide Support and Information System (SSIS).

The work of the pioneering project has all but ceased in recent months, however, due to a discontinuation of €75,000 in HSE funding.