Real-time suicide data to identify ‘clusters’

Suspected cases of suicide across Cork city and county are now being recorded in real time by researchers in an effort to determine the likelihood of ‘clusters’.

The National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF) has teamed up with the HSE and coroners in the city and county, with data on the suspected cases gathered within 10 days to two weeks of the death. The initiative is understood to be one of the first of its kind in Europe and follows a model that has operated in Queensland, Australia.