The funeral of Mr Barney Cairns (18), the latest suicide victim in Ardoyne, has taken place in Belfast.
Hundreds turned out, packing St Patrick's Church for the teenager's requiem Mass. Many more teenagers waited for the cortege outside. He was later buried at Belfast City Cemetery.
His body was found on scaffolding at Holy Cross church by Ardoyne parish priest Father Aidan Troy shortly after the funeral of his best friend on Saturday.
Mr Anthony O'Neill, who was also 18, took his own life last week. Both teenagers had suffered paramilitary attacks, and relatives continue to blame the Irish National Liberation Army. The claims have been denied by the Irish Republican Socialist Party, which is the political wing of the INLA.
Father Troy said he had difficulty accepting the denials but he told The Irish Times he did not want to brand them as lies.
He offered to meet members of the paramilitary group in an attempt to establish the truth. "I can understand the political wing saying 'We're not involved and our members are not involved', but living on the ground here and going around to the houses [of bereaved relatives] I would put very little store by them." Referring to the INLA and its associates, he added: "I don't want to be saying 'look, you're a crowd of liars', but I would like to meet them to see what we would do to stop it."
It is believed that 13 young men have taken their own lives in the north Belfast area since Christmas.
Clergy and community workers have opened a 24-hour telephone counselling service and a drop-in centre in Ardoyne in an urgent attempt to halt the suicides.
The Ardoyne Association, a community umbrella organisation in the area, and People Interested in Preventing Suicide - a group working to help people contemplating suicide and self-harm - handed out 2,000 leaflets to people attending the Mass.
Mr Philip McTaggart, who has been closely involved in the suicide-prevention initiative, said: "What we want is for young people to turn round and say: 'I need someone to talk to'. They mightn't be able to talk to their parents, and their parents also might be able to direct them towards us." Further initiatives are planned, including the opening of halls and other public buildings to offer young people somewhere to go.
These efforts follow a meeting involving community workers, public services professionals, clergy and public representatives to discuss the rise in suicides.