Dundalk Ógra get active on Suicide Prevention!

national | miscellaneous | news report Thursday March 23, 2006 18:56 by Grainne - Ógra Shinn Féin

On Wednesdays 22nd Ógra Shinn Féin called a day of action on its latest national Campaign for Suicide prevention. Like many others areas across the country Dundalk Ógra Shinn Féin went out on the street on the day, to highlight the issue and hand out leaflets.

Dundalk Ógra Shinn Féin distribute info leaflets to the public

The Ógra Shinn Féin Suicide prevention campaign was launched at the National Congress 2006 and will run for a number of months .

Campaign actions include:

Ógra has produced leaflets and posters with contact names and numbers of help groups for young people dealing with mental health issues or bereavement through suicide.
There is a Letter writing campaign on going to national and local media.
There will be a National Ógra organised Suicide Prevention conference in one of the Dublin Universities with suicide awareness groups present.
The Campaign also has a heavy third level focus with leaflets and poster been distributed around college like the Dundalk institute.

Eugene Garvey, Dundalk Ógra spokesperson said,

"As young republican activists we must be active on this issue as suicide as it is the biggest killer of young people in Ireland. An all Ireland mental health strategy must be formulated, funded and implemented as this is a national issue. On this the 90th year of the Easter Rising it is about time that our country started to “cherish all the children of the nation equally” and give them an option better than death."