Council to tackle high suicide rate in Cork

Cork County Council is to tackle the growing problem of suicide, after it emerged double the number of people died by their own hand than were killed on the county’s roads.

Cllr June Murphy (SF) called on the council to follow the lead of Tipperary County Council, which is to appoint a suicide prevention officer.

She pointed out that Cork County Council has a dedicated road safety officer, whose job it is to create safer roads.“In 2013 there were 42 residents of Co Cork who died as a result of suicide. In the same year 20 people died on the city and county’s roads,” Ms Murphy told a meeting in County Hall.