Suicide biggest killer of young men under age of 25 

Male suicides rose by 4.6% from 390 in 2015 to 408 in 2019, while female suicides were 8.4% higher in 2019 at 116 compared with 107 such deaths recorded in 2015

Suicide was the biggest killer of young men aged under 25 in the country, while the number of suicides in the capital jumped by an alarming 46% over a five-year period, latest figures show.

A new report by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed that 524 people died by suicide in 2019 — 16 fewer than in 2018 but up 5.4% compared to the figure five years previously.