‘You don’t need to end your life to ease your pain'

Irish psychologists have issued advice to people who fear somebody they know may be at risk of suicide.

With World Suicide Prevention Day taking place next week, it has been revealed that half of suicides in Cork City and county between Sept 2008 and Jun 2012 were by people who had worked in construction.

Every year in this country at least 500 people die by suicide. The suicide rate among young people aged 15-24 is the fourth highest in the EU.