Plan seeks to tackle suicide and promote positive mental health

A plan to tackle suicide in a part of the country with the highest rate of people taking their own lives has been launched.

Mental Health Minister Kathleen Lynch yesterday unveiled the Kerry Suicide Response Plan at the new Console McAuley Centre in Tralee.

According to a 2012 national report, Kerry had the highest number of suicides (18.3 deaths per 100,000 people) totalling 80 deaths in the three-year period, 2009-2011.