30 youngsters a week treated at hospital after attempting suicide

Up to 30 young people treated every week at University Hospital Limerick have attempted suicide, according to a hospital source.

The revelation comes just days after the body of Limerick schoolgirl Chloe Kinsella was recovered from the river after she went missing.

“We would have three or four everyday, who have attempted suicide. Normally they are teenage girls. This never makes the newspapers because these young people have not died and are not recorded. It’s usually because of bullying and anorexia,” said a hospital source.