Suicide biggest killer of 15-24 year olds

Suicide is now the biggest killer in Irish people aged 15-24, figures released this afternoon show.

Suicide biggest killer of 15-24 year olds

Suicide is now the biggest killer in Irish people aged 15-24, figures released this afternoon show.

413 people, 83% of them male, took their own lives last year, a drop from last year's figure of 439, according to the Central Statistics Office.

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