Pledge to plug gap in funds to curb suicide

The Government has pledged that any “gap” in funding for suicide prevention will be addressed and that the issue of suicide will be prioritised.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said yesterday that mental health services have been “grossly underfunded” in recent years.

His comments came after Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh pointed out that four times as many people die from suicide in Ireland compared to road deaths.