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Suicide

All time
ask for help
'The doctor was feeling anxious, dejected and worthless': Medics get help at new support group
8 Apr 2017
15.1k
1
Pieta House
'Nobody’s ashamed to say they broke their leg, but there’s still a shame linked to mental illness'
5 Apr 2017
74.1k
13
inequality
Suicide is killing the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Ireland
6 Mar 2017
17.1k
30
cycle against suicide
Colm Hayes: 'Anxiety comes with the job. I don’t hold it in and I’m a stronger person because of it'
Colm Hayes
17 Feb 2017
545
8
Awareness
The number of people self-harming in Ireland is continuing to rise
7 Feb 2017
9.2k
20
Burnout
Depression, stress and emigration: Why medical students need to talk about mental health
5 Feb 2017
17.9k
8
London
Funeral of Mayo woman who died in murder-suicide with son (7) told, 'We need to care for each other'
18 Jan 2017
30.9k
18
send silence packing
On a busy campus, an empty bag for every young life lost by suicide
22 Dec 2016
49.8k
28
Opinion
'When I was told my brother had died by suicide, I crumbled to the floor and howled'
Michelle Ross
22 Dec 2016
157k
134
THERE IS HELP
'We've been abandoned here': The town fighting back against the scourge of suicide
22 Dec 2016
23.4k
8
FactCheck
FactCheck: You asked, we answered - suicide, austerity and the Troubles
18 Dec 2016
23.3k
44
Taxi Watch
'I don't want any parent to experience what I did': Taxi man's crusading mission against suicide
17 Dec 2016
24.6k
13
steroid distribution
Irish woman waiting to hear about extradition to US is on suicide watch
29 Nov 2016
16.2k
Sexual Assault
Evan Rachel Wood discusses impact of being raped in powerful letter
29 Nov 2016
30.8k
30
ditch the script
'Improv can tell us a lot about ourselves, it's very liberating'
26 Nov 2016
8.5k
5
hotel room
Two-month-old girl among four dead in suspected murder-suicide in Alaska
26 Nov 2016
19.0k
14
Iraq
Irish jihadist 'Khalid Kelly' reported dead after Islamic State suicide bombing
5 Nov 2016
99.9k
304
Leipzig
Suspect in German bomb plot found dead in cell
13 Oct 2016
14.9k
64
Investigation
No evidence of Garda misconduct in case where man shot himself in head
6 Oct 2016
16.5k
11
Mental Health
"Emotions are just sucked from the body" - Sinn Féin TD speaks about his brothers' suicides
6 Oct 2016
21.9k
26
Cathriona White
Jim Carrey is being sued over the death of his Irish ex-girlfriend
20 Sep 2016
41.3k
niteline
'It’s extremely difficult to call up a stranger and start pouring your heart out'
11 Sep 2016
9.7k
4
taxiwatch
'I can see it in them': Success for suicide prevention service run by Irish taxi drivers
10 Sep 2016
22.6k
29
Mind Our Farm Families
Pieta House teams up with farming group to highlight suicide among men in rural areas
10 Sep 2016
10.8k
17
finem respice
'Death comes to us all': This new play wants people to talk about their grief
20 Aug 2016
13.4k
20
Ireland's call
Bressie to head up youth group on mental health
5 Aug 2016
21.7k
67
Fair play
These two people are running the ENTIRE Wild Atlantic Way for charity
1 Aug 2016
20.0k
7
console
David Hall says charity regulation was set up in 'a half-assed manner'
23 Jul 2016
14.4k
Delay
Details of former Console chief Paul Kelly's assets will now not be heard until next week
12 Jul 2016
20.2k
Funding
Suicide charity Console to be wound down
7 Jul 2016
38.8k
104
Massachusetts
Teenage girl to face trial for encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself
4 Jul 2016
66.0k
cars and computers
Interim CEO takes possession of Console assets
2 Jul 2016
24.1k
2
Suicide Prevention
Father of Donal Walsh says he's 'shocked and deflated' by Console revelations
1 Jul 2016
25.1k
33
broken trust
Charity regulator 'should have been in Console's offices long ago'
28 Jun 2016
23.2k
50
broken trust
Concerns raised about finances at suicide charity Console
23 Jun 2016
26.0k
63
Mental Health
Most antidepressants ineffective or unsafe for children with major depression
9 Jun 2016
11.0k
37
Suicide Prevention
Pieta House founder will donate €65k senator salary to the charity
1 Jun 2016
21.3k
42
Mental Health
'See you in two minutes, ma': A 15-year-old boy's last words to his mother
11 May 2016
85.5k
44
before sunrise
Darkness Into Light: 120,000 people take part in annual suicide prevention event
7 May 2016
56.3k
63
Mental Health
Amid Dáil uncertainty, Clare Daly reads letter from woman whose sister died by suicide
6 May 2016
23.3k
90
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