Suicide prevention - State must stop dragging heels on issue

It would be understandable if those who are concerned with the extraordinary incidence of suicide in this country were to greet with scepticism the latest Government promise on the subject.

That promise, from Junior Health Minister Tim O’Malley, to the effect that a radical approach to suicide prevention would emerge in two months, should be viewed at this stage as nothing more than a promise.

This Government has an abysmal record of inaction when it comes to addressing the pervasive cancer of suicide, which has a bigger victim toll than the annual carnage on our roads.