A new suicide prevention strategy is aiming to curb deaths by suicide in Clare.
Those behind the Connecting for Life plan, a multi-agency plan for all of the MidWest, has appealed for people and communities to spread a message of positive mental health.
Today, Clare Gardaí have revealed the scale of suicides in the county – their figures show 44 people have taken their lives since the start of 2014, and that there have also been 104 attempted suicides.
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Clare’s Resource Officer for Suicide Prevention Mary Kennedy says there are options to link up with existing groups:
