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Suicide Prevention

# suicide-prevention - Yesterday’s News

Second date added as ‘huge demand’ for suicide prevention training

Console is running the programmed in Dublin at the end of this month.

# suicide-prevention - Thursday 16 May, 2013

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Would you support a smartphone tax to fund suicide prevention?

A Senator has suggested that a one to four per cent levy would raise major funds for these resources. Would you support it?

# suicide-prevention - Thursday 31 January, 2013

National guidelines on mental health in secondary schools published

The guidelines provide information to schools on how to address mental health promotion and suicide prevention.

# suicide-prevention - Thursday 17 January, 2013

App

Irish app launched to aid suicide prevention and intervention

The free app is available for both iPhone and Android devices.

# suicide-prevention - Saturday 29 December, 2012

Calls for new pressure on government after diversion of mental health funds

Sinn Féin criticises news that some mental health funding was diverted towards covering up for other health spending.

# suicide-prevention - Monday 17 December, 2012

Dept of Education to issue guidelines on suicide prevention

It comes after a number of secondary school girls have been found dead in the past year.

# suicide-prevention - Tuesday 16 October, 2012

Demand for counselling services increase in Tallaght as recession bites

Around 1 per cent of the population of Tallaght will have sought counselling by the end of the year.

# suicide-prevention - Tuesday 11 September, 2012

Pieta House to open suicide crisis centre in Galway

“We were in a fortunate position that we weren’t getting anything from the Government” – Joan Freeman, CEO.

# suicide-prevention - Tuesday 21 August, 2012

Irish suicide prevention charity to expand services to UK

Console is to open an office in London following discussions with the UK Department of Health and the Metropolitan Police.

# suicide-prevention - Saturday 30 June, 2012

From The Daily Edge Nunday

World record attempt for most ‘nuns’ in one place

1,400 people expected to don full nuns habits in Listowel, Kerry, today to raise funds for suicide prevention

# suicide-prevention - Friday 22 June, 2012

Around 900,000 people take their own life every year

The leading medical journal The Lancet has published a series of articles to highlight suicide’s impact globally.

# suicide-prevention - Monday 30 April, 2012

Volunteer depression service rolls out education programme

#DepressionHurts campaign asks schools to give over one lesson to educating children on spotting depression in others – and reaching out if they are suffering.

# suicide-prevention - Tuesday 13 December, 2011

The 5 at 5: Tuesday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

Facebook aims to help prevent suicide

A programme being launched on the site, which has 800 million users, aims to put a person expressing suicidal thoughts in immediate contact with a crisis counsellor.

# suicide-prevention - Saturday 24 September, 2011

More Oireachtas suicide prevention training planned after one TD, one senator show up for first class

The half-day course was being provided by the National Office for Suicide Prevention.

The 9 at 9: Saturday

Nine things to know on this Saturday morning.

# suicide-prevention - Friday 23 September, 2011

TDs and Senators to receive suicide awareness training

A cross-party group of TDs, Senators and Oireachtas staff will take part in potentially life-saving ‘safeTALK’ training today.

# suicide-prevention - Saturday 10 September, 2011

Events around the country to mark World Suicide Prevention Day

An estimated 486 people took their own lives in Ireland last year. Events are being held around the world today to raise awareness.

# suicide-prevention - Friday 9 September, 2011

Resignation of suicide prevention officer will not affect services – HSE

Geoff Day, the Director of the National Office for Suicide Prevention, has resigned to pursue further studies in Trinity College.

# suicide-prevention - Saturday 3 September, 2011

Forty per cent rise in people seeking help from suicide crisis centre

The crisis centre Pieta House said that the recession is contributing to the increase.

# suicide-prevention - Wednesday 16 February, 2011

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should emotional literacy be taught in schools?

A child psychiatrist is proposing ‘emotional literacy’ be added to the school curriculum. What do you think?