Students with suicidal thoughts are presenting at counselling services in Galway’s third level institutes ‘every second day’. The country’s third level counsellors’ association says its members...
■ Ciaran Tierney discovers it is not harmful to bring up topic of suicide with a person having a tough time in their life. It is...
There were at least five suicides on a black weekend for the county – underlining a senior Garda’s warning that this is now the single biggest...
A SENIOR Garda has this week outlined a three pronged approach to tackle an ‘epidemic’ of suicides that has ravaged families and communities across Galway in...
The silence surrounding suicide can be deafening – but two South Galway sisters who lost their 16 year old brother have spoken bravely about turning the...
A FRIENDLY word from a neighbour or a simple phone call to a helpline number could end up saving a life in the ongoing battle against...
The scourge of suicide – a problem touching almost every parish in the county – has prompted the setting up of a new group in East...
BY FRANCIS FARRAGHER IFA branches and GAA clubs across the county have been invited to send representatives to a public information meeting in Balllinasloe next week...