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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 (Wednesday and Thursday) April 13 and 14.

GROW Community Mental Health Movement in conjunction with the Health Service Executive are organising a Gatekeepers’ Community Education Programme in Athlone. The course commences on Tuesday March 15. The course is free and all are welcome.

Fine Gael councillor Brian Walsh has welcomed the party’s plans to double the funding for suicide prevention to €10m a year, if elected to form part of the next government, after new figures released by the HSE revealed that 29 people died by suicide in Galway in 2009.

If you or someone you know have had the experience of losing a loved one to suicide and would like to connect with others who have gone through the same experience a support group is being established in Mullingar.

More than 520 people died through suicide in Ireland in 2009 — that is more than one person each day — and the numbers continue to increase. For the families and friends of the victim the impact is devastating. Each year, another 12,000 people have presented at hospital A&E departments having engaged in acts of deliberate self-harm or attempted suicide.More people die through suicide than on our roads. The budget to fund the Road Traffic Authority to reduce road traffic deaths is €40 million. The total Government budget for suicide prevention is only €5 million.

Good and bad days are part of our daily lives and each day we can encounter different experiences. Some experiences we can cope with and some experiences pose us problems. It is important that when you hit a time in your life when you are having too many bad days that you have someone to turn to. Samaritans provide a unique emotional support service that you can call on if you want to.

A six week course to build up confidence will commence on February 3 from 11am to 1pm in the Family Centre, Chapel Street, Castlebar.

The Government must recognise that the level of suicide and suicidal behaviour is a serious social health issue that must be comprehensively dealt with and the necessary services put in place, according to Fine Gael Senator John Paul Phelan.

Lifeline Kilkenny is hosting a public information evening with the launch of its new website at Ossory Youth, Desert Hall, New Street, Kilkenny, on October 7, from 7pm to 9pm.

A new report detailing initiatives by the National Office for Suicide Prevention, has been published with news of new funding for suicide prevention measures.