Suicide cluster in West Cork region worst in country

Within a three-month period, a small area of West Cork experienced a suicide every week.

The 13 deaths, in successive weeks in 2011, was the worst cluster recorded in the country.

The tragedies, all within a distance of 23km, were revealed in groundbreaking analysis carried out by the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF) and published during a Department of Health briefing yesterday.