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Fri 10 Oct 200943% rise in suicide rate for first three months of this year
SUICIDE PREVENTION experts say job losses and the recession may be linked to a 43 per cent increase in the number of suicides recorded during the first three months of this year.
Latest figures from the Central Statistics Office indicate that 106 people took their lives during the first three months of this year, compared to 74 during the same period last year.
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