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... ::: u.tv ::: body {font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px } a:link {text-decoration:none; color:#001878;} a:visited {text-decoration:none; color:#181f40;} a:hover {text-decoration:none; color:#0024ce;} a:active {text-decoration:none; color:#0024ce;} WEATHER 4°c Limerick 11°c TODAY 5 DAY THURSDAY 30/03/2006 10:50:33 NI suicide rate up 50% in yearThe number of suicides in Northern Ireland soared by almost 50% last year, it was revealed today.

By:Press Association VIDEO COMMENTS HOT TOPIC RELATED STORIES The General Registrar confirmed 213 people took their own lives in 2005, lending further weight to claims that the problem was at epidemic levels.Health Minister Shaun Woodward said: "These figures are clearly shocking." Campaigners and bereaved families also expressed alarm at the scale of the increase.Philip McTaggart, co-founder of the Public Initiative for the Prevention of Suicide and Self Harm (PIPS), said north and west Belfast has one of the highest suicide rates among young people in Europe.Mr McTaggart, whose teenage son took his own life in April 2003, said: "I am absolutely gobsmacked that so many families are being torn apart by the loss of a loved one."As the British government prepares to publish the findings of its suicide taskforce the Health Minister confirmed funding for its prevention strategy will be almost doubled to £1.9m.A further £2.4m has also been set aside for 200...

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