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A two day ASIST (applied suicide intervention skills training) course, organised by Iorras Le Chéile and HSE Suicide Prevention Department, will be held in Belmullet on Thursday and Friday September 29 and 30. This first aid for suicide course is particularly aimed at people who work with or have contact with people who may present with suicidal behaviour. This includes publicans, clergy, care workers, guards, parents, and those working with voluntary groups and organisations. Places are limited.

Suicide or Survive (SOS) is to mark World Suicide Prevention Day, which takes place around the globe on Saturday September 10, with the launch of Life’s Little Emergency Kit.

Living Links, a suicide support group, will launch a phone service in September.

This Sunday a Tuam man will arrive home to his native town after undertaking a gruelling challenge to raise funds for Pieta House. Setting out almost three months ago with no accommodation booked, Colm Farrell has walked the 26 counties of Ireland. Armed with just a rucksack, map and iPod on his departure on May 7, Farrell has relied on the generosity of the public to put him up for the night over the course of his 1,330km journey.

Depression, loneliness, a sense of futility, drug and alcohol misuse – these, together with their contributory factors, may lead to a person making the terrible decision to end his/her life.

Suicide is a serious and devastating issue and it is not a word which should be bandied about recklessly and without proper thought.

Console is calling on families, friends, school friends and work colleagues to take to the streets of Galway for the 2011 Console Annual Memorial Walk in aid of the Suicide Bereaved and Suicide Prevention Service.

Hundreds of people are expected to take to the streets of Galway on Sunday May 15 to raise funds for a local charity with the twin aims of supporting the suicide bereaved and helping prevent suicide.

Hundreds will take to the streets on Sunday May 15 for Console’s Suicide Prevention and Postvention Memorial Walk. The walk is in aid of the Suicide Bereaved and Suicide Prevention Service and will be started by Michael D Higgins. Console is calling on families, friends, school friends and work colleagues to take to the streets and support a worthy cause.

A two day ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) course, organised by Iorras Le Chéile and HSE Suicide Prevention Department will be held in Belmullet on (Wednesday and Thursday), April 13 and 14.