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Nine News: Laura Fletcher reports on the Irish Association of Suicidology annual conference being held in Athlone
Entitled 'Youth suicide in a changing society', the conference aims to address social and psychological pressures on today's youth as some of the reasons why young people choose to end their lives.
It also draws attention to the grim effects of recent changes such as the current economic crisis and job losses.
A National Strategy for Suicide Prevention will be presented.
Statistics published last week indicate that Ireland has the fifth largest rate of youth suicide in Europe.
