World Marks Suicide Prevention Day

Friday, 10 September 2021 06:11

By Gareth Farrell

Pieta House is encouraging people to start conversations about mental health.

Today marks World Suicide Prevention Day.
Latest figures from the CSO show 437 people died by suicide in Ireland in 2018.

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