Suicide prevention spend a crying shame: Coronor

A coroner has described as “a crying shame” the amount of State spending on suicide prevention.

Despite far more deaths from suicide than traffic accidents, the Government is spending 10 times more money on road safety than on suicide prevention.

The matter was highlighted yesterday by coroner Terence Casey whose area, South Kerry, has one the highest levels of suicide in the country — 11 since this time last year.