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To mark World Suicide Prevention Day the HSE is asking people to be aware of all the services available within the community, and a full list of contact details can be found at the bottom of this article.

benefit from a new round of government funding, according to the Minister for Disability and Mental Health.

A working group representing all groups in the county has now been formed to put into action some of the suggestions on suicide prevention and mental health promotion in Mayo. As part of the mapping exercise, which will ultimately result in a directory of all organisations, community and voluntary groups that are involved in suicide prevention and mental health promotion, many organisations will be asked to fill in a questionnaire.

It was shocking to hear last evening that every day in this country, a teenager is attempting to or managing to commit suicide because of the feeling of impending gloom that has fallen across this country. Pieta House which is currently the country’s only centre for the prevention of suicide, released the details last evening. It is ideally placed to learn the reason behind this upsurge in young people attempting to take their own lives. In the past, many coroners have blamed the rise in suicide on the rise in alcohol consumption and there is still a lot of truth in that. However the trend among young people in the past year is that teenagers, whose stage in life anyway has always been inextricably linked to feelings of angst or joy, are giving up on life, because they fear that it will never get as good again economically.

Cllr Anne Phelan has spoken out about the issues surrounding mental health following the recent publication of a HSE report on suicide prevention.

A two day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training course, organised by Iorras Le Chéile and HSE Suicide Prevention Department will be held in Belmullet on April 8 and 9.

A SafeTALK information evening will take place on Thursday February 25 from 7pm to 10pm sharp in the Lecture Hall, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar.

St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church will hold a candlelight vigil on Thursday September 18 at 8pm as part of events around World Suicide Prevention Day.

A Suicide Bereavement Support Group meets once a month in the Ballina Family Resource Centre, Pound Street, Ballina.

Galwegians who have lost their lives through suicide will be remembered at a special candlelight vigil and concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church tonight at 8pm.