Fresh calls for all-Ireland strategy on suicide

Health ministers on both sides of the border today faced fresh calls for an all-Ireland approach to tackle rising suicide levels.

On the eve of World Suicide Awareness Day, Gerry Adams, Mary Lou McDonald, former Stormont Health Minister Bairbre de Brun and other Sinn Féin representatives signed an open letter urging Health Minister Mary Harney and her Northern Ireland Office counterpart Shaun Woodward to adopt a more integrated approach.