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Suicide

    new research
    Suicide: Concerns that Netflix show 13 Reasons Why could lead to 'copycat cases'
    21 Nov 2018
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    Rape
    'You sent me home bleeding, traumatised ... but I'm a survivor': Leona O’Callaghan's powerful victim impact statement
    19 Nov 2018
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    unfortunate
    Juventus apologise for China 'suicide' condolence message
    16 Nov 2018
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    2
    Mini Me
    Austin Powers actor Verne Troyer's death is ruled a suicide
    11 Oct 2018
    37.7k
    16
    Mental Health
    Men account for eight in 10 suicides in Ireland
    4 Oct 2018
    38.2k
    94
    who do you think you are
    Bertie Ahern opens up about his grandfather's suicide for the first time
    30 Sep 2018
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    Opinion
    'We say 'we need to talk about mental health in Ireland' - while looking the other way when people scream for help'
    Marise Gaughan
    10 Sep 2018
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    Suicide Prevention
    15,000 people to take part in largest ever study of youth mental health
    5 Sep 2018
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    docklands victims association
    1 in 3 victims of Troubles violence have attempted to take their own lives
    13 Aug 2018
    15.4k
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    RunningForJosie
    After losing his mother to suicide at 11, hurler running marathon in Antarctic for suicide prevention
    22 Jul 2018
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    Schools
    Suicide prevention training for secondary school teachers to be expanded
    9 Jul 2018
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    43
    Read Me
    Opinion: 'A 'new profile' of women are taking their own lives in the same numbers as men'
    Tara Deacy
    8 Jun 2018
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    33
    RIP
    'You never know what battle someone is going through': Tributes paid to Verne Troyer
    22 Apr 2018
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    Cavan
    Woman jailed for three years for staging housemate’s suicide
    5 Mar 2018
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    31
    Court
    Woman found guilty of impeding murder investigation by staging housemate's suicide
    15 Feb 2018
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    Suicide
    Call for special taskforce to Tallaght area after concerns about suicide deaths
    11 Feb 2018
    26.8k
    42
    Mental Health
    There was an increase in US suicides following the death of Robin Williams
    8 Feb 2018
    20.6k
    20
    South Korea
    South Korea to criminalise suicide pacts
    23 Jan 2018
    11.8k
    41
    Dublin
    No charges to be brought in relation to boy (17) who killed himself after alleged cyberbullying
    18 Jan 2018
    23.8k
    40
    Road To Recovery
    Suicide survivor Kevin Hines: 'Don't silence the pain. You can get past it, one day at a time'
    14 Jan 2018
    19.1k
    11
    Mental Health
    Michael Healy Rae on suicide in his constituency: 'It didn't register. I didn't get it.'
    11 Jan 2018
    58.4k
    54
    Logan Paul
    Japan reacts with anger after Youtube star posts video of victim in 'suicide forest'
    3 Jan 2018
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    Apology
    YouTube star apologises for posting video of dead body in Japanese 'suicide forest'
    2 Jan 2018
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    Mental Health
    From zero funding to a thriving New York branch: Joan Freeman's Pieta House journey
    23 Dec 2017
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    Milly Tuomey
    'She was out of our reach' - Parents of 11-year-old who took her own life give powerful interview
    16 Dec 2017
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    Homelessness
    'You may not smell too good, and if they smell drink off ye at all, they’ll label you straight away'
    Andrea Koenigstorfer
    5 Dec 2017
    21.6k
    11
    Milly Tuomey
    Tragic suicide of young girl shines light on issue of self-harm in children
    5 Dec 2017
    16.3k
    2
    Leicester
    English woman found guilty of encouraging man she met online to kill himself
    1 Dec 2017
    13.5k
    Milly Tuomey
    Mother of 11-year-old who took her own life set up suicide support group
    1 Dec 2017
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    Milly Tuomey
    Verdict of suicide returned at inquest into death of 11-year-old Dublin girl
    30 Nov 2017
    73.3k
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    Mental Health
    Japan to tighten regulations after 'Twitter killer' lured victims to their death
    19 Nov 2017
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    Bribery
    Ex-Argentine football official takes his own life hours after corruption accusations in Fifa trial
    15 Nov 2017
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    international men's day
    'I was a rock 'n' roll roadie for 30 years. Nobody understood why I was suffering from depression'
    12 Nov 2017
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    Hope
    'I idolised him': Aisling Bea writes powerful article about her father's suicide
    4 Nov 2017
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    cheap alcohol
    'I got this gut feeling things weren't right': Father wants limits on cheap drink after son died by suicide
    24 Oct 2017
    39.3k
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    Kabul
    Nearly 60 people killed in two suicide bombings at Afghan mosques
    20 Oct 2017
    6.9k
    67
    Pieta House
    After their mother died by suicide, these Irish brothers are now helping Australians speak out
    1 Oct 2017
    30.9k
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    HSE
    Men aged 45-54 are the most likely to die by suicide in Ireland
    27 Sep 2017
    20.0k
    76
    Portlaoise
    Prisoner was not checked for over two hours on night he died
    19 Sep 2017
    24.2k
    25
    global study
    Ireland fares poorly on alcohol use, child sex abuse and suicide rate
    13 Sep 2017
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