Suicide prevention campaign urges students to Send Silence Packing

A suicide prevention initiative aimed at students was unveiled at Trinity College Dublin yesterday.

Jointly hosted by the charity 3Ts (Turn The Tide of Suicide); Pleasetalk.org; and the Union of Students of Ireland, the Send Silence Packing campaign was launched in the grounds of the college.

The initiative includes a public display of 131 backpacks, representing the average number of college students who die by suicide in Ireland each year.