10 people a week 'dying from suicide'
Ten people a week are dying by suicide, according to the head of the suicide and self-harm centre Pieta House.
The figure emerged today at the launch of ‘Pieta Mid-West’, in Mungret, Co Limerick. It is the first suicide and self-harm crisis centre outside of Dublin.
CEO Joan Freeman said Ireland’s economic crisis was partly to blame for a rise in male suicides.
"Every week 10 people die by suicide, which is an outrage," she said.
"Before, the highest rate of suicide in males would have been between 17 to 24…Now it's mid-20s to 40. This reflects people losing their jobs and (not being able to ) pay their mortgages and they just see no way out."
