Let’s go back to the pub — but drink less

I NOTE with interest the comments regarding the possible link between suicide and the closure of rural pubs (Irish Examiner, February 14).

I endorse the need to study this in detail, but caution is needed lest this idea takes hold without scrutiny.

The link between alcohol and suicide is well established internationally, and in Ireland it is most evident in the suicides of younger males for which we have become sadly renowned.