Plea for action on Cork suicide crisis

Mental health campaigner Conor Cusack has called for the establishment of a 24/7 “emotional wellbeing centre” in response to the carnage caused by the suicide crisis sweeping Cork.

In a moving appeal, Mr Cusack told of how he helped cut a friend’s son down from a tree recently — one of 16 people to die by suspected suicide in the region in the last two weeks.

A taskforce is to meet early next month to discuss a multi-agency response to the crisis.