Call for national suicide surveillance system similar to Cork model

Ireland’s first professor of public mental health says accurate numbers needed

Nearly 20% risk patients with suicidal ideation will self-harm inside five years, study finds

Call for formal guidelines after Northern Irish data shows early intervention ‘critical’

Three Cork suicides in November, not 16, says research group

Sensationalist reporting can distort facts relating to suicide clusters, warns NSRF

Study finds high rate of suicide among women in health sector

More than a quarter of women who took their own lives in Cork worked in health care

Self-harm figures remain much higher than before recession

Huge increase in number of homeless people presenting at hospitals after self-harm, report finds

Extreme austerity measures led to rise in suicide, summit told

Study of 307 cases identifies link between austerity and psychological vulnerability

Suicide rate rose 15% during height of recession

Level of self harm also rose by 30% during the same period, UCC academic reveals

Data on suicides nationwide reveals sharp differences

Hard facts: 375 men take own lives across the Republic in 2015, in addition to 76 women

Men in construction sectors ‘account for half of male suicides’

Report for CIF and Pieta House suggests a high number of deaths among those in production-type jobs

Counting the human toll of the economic crash

While suicide rates increase, countries that invest in labour market supports can reduce deaths

Almost 500 additional suicides linked to recession

Unemployment, depression and substance abuse key risks during downturn, study finds

Young and middle-aged men still dominate suicide stats

Latest official figures show slight fall-off in suicide and self-harm rates

Old age can be a time of growth for the seeds of depression and suicide