All secondary school teachers around Ireland to be given training on dealing with suicide
Teachers will be given training on how to deal with tragic and critical incidents in their communities. Minister for Education Richard Bruton has announced that every post-primary school teacher in Ireland is to receive special training on how to deal with student deaths by suicide, as well as other tragic incidents. Minister Bruton said “I […]
8 years ago
A fatality on the tracks
“I started shaking.”
9 years ago
Author’s powerful thread on depression and suicide after death of Chester Bennington
Author Matt Haig has written a powerful Twitter thread on the subjects of suicide and depression following the death of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington. Bennington was found dead at his home on Thursday at the age of just 41, having died by suicide. Matt Haig, who had written a memoir about his life with […]
9 years ago
Blue Whale: The sick online game linked to 130 suicides in Russia
An online game that encourages players to follow a sinister set of instructions over 50 days has been linked with more than 130 suicides in Russia in the last six months. The game, known as the ‘blue whale’, hit the headlines once again after two teenage girls plunged to their deaths from a 14 storey […]
9 years ago