‘We both had the same struggles’: Losing a father by suicide
Having lost her father in January, Judy Bobbett set herself a challenge to help people experiencing suicidal thoughts
Suicide
Suicide
A straight-up depiction of suicide is not ideal street decor, even at Halloween
Fake corpses and dismembered body parts – when did Halloween become so horrible?
What does a ‘good death’ look like when you don’t have a home?
‘No one life is more important than the next ... each one is precious, and no one should suffer’
Yiyun Li on her sons’ deaths by suicide: ‘You can carry on being an alcoholic or you can carry on writing’
The Chinese-born writer on her new novel centred on Irish composer John Field, how she goes about writing exclusively in her second language, and coping with suicide
‘They are ashamed to come forward’: Men experiencing domestic abuse reluctant to get help, says charity
Men’s Aid Ireland reports more calls about encouragement to suicide by partners
Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis: ‘It’s not for everyone. But I feel very alive when I watch it’
Dublin Theatre Festival 2026: Sarah Kane’s final play is a dispatch from the frontline of human experience, according to Tom Creed and Marty Rea
Study links air pollution to increased risk of suicidal thoughts
Various pollutants have been linked to neurological effects that can influence mood and stress resilience
‘The first time I saw my father cry, I was genuinely terrified’
The death of his best friend at the age of 18 changed the course of writer, poet and performer Daragh Fleming’s life
My brother’s suicide: ‘The almost unbearable guilt of having had a row last time I saw him’
I know this doesn’t make any sense... where you envisage things you can change, long after the disaster has happened
Canadian who sold lethal chemical online admits aiding suicides avoids murder trial
Accused operated websites selling sodium nitrite and other items for purchasers to take their lives
New strategy aims to cut suicide rate with specialist nursing teams
Minister of State Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran speaks of his own difficulties and urges others to seek help
Kneecap’s Móglaí Bap speaks of mother’s death by suicide: ‘We have to alleviate that extra burden of shame’
Activist Aoife Ní Riain died in 2020 and son Naoise Ó Cairealláin has dedicated new song to her
A family’s Roaccutane story: ‘I never thought something like this could happen’
Anne Enright died by suicide at the age of 16 in 2024 five days after coming off a six-month course of the acne treatment
Spanish woman (25) who won legal battle for right to end her life dies by euthanasia
Noelia Castillo had struggled with psychiatric illness since she was a teen and had been sexually assaulted
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