Suicide

When the tide comes in the river runs deep and fast. Rushing beneath Galway’s Wolfe Tone Bridge and out past Spanish Arch to become the Atlantic. The ribbons are tied to the railings that face upriver, against the flow. Dashes of colour…

Netflix's Bird Box can be viewed as one of the most intelligent movies in the current climate. It is a cleverly disguised science fiction film where art imitates life. The viewer is brought along a metaphorical path submerged into the…

‘In the sun I feel as one’ - Kurt Cobain, All Apologies. The dog was siting in the backseat and I had just driven in from the country to drop the kids off at school. I was driving the return route home by the prison on Mulgrave…

***CONTENT WARNING: Suicide*** Today is the day I commit suicide. It has to be today. It's Rebecca's anniversary. I have to top hers. "Alone...sleeping pills...overdose". She died as she'd lived, a cliché. Her romance novels were…

Dear Richard, Remember that pact we made? Signed and sealed with spit-slicked hands. Time’s up. I’ve decided to keep it. It’s weird of me to write a letter, I know. Why not just text, or even an email? I’m writing you a letter the…

Only the fourth feature-length film of a career which began back in 1999 with the strikingly original Ratcatcher, Lynne Ramsay’s long-awaited follow-up to We Need to Talk About Kevin is a breathtaking, ferocious fever-dream of violence and…

A form of literary autobiography, the personal essay allows us to ruminate on truths from our own life experiences. Every Wednesday this month, the Irish Essayist series will see writers test the continually-expanding essay format to…

Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why was released to mixed reactions. Many defend its bold take on suicide, depression and mental illness. Others have blamed it for the horrific suicide of their own children, claiming that despite the warnings of…

Last weekend, we experienced the most anticipated suicide awareness event on the calendar - Darkness into Light. An event where thousands of people across the country, and even the world, walk together in solidarity, as a symbol of hope for…

Blue Monday. "The most depressing day of the year." It’s when we’ll see an influx of pieces talking about suicide, reaching out to services, and supporting each other. It’s one of two bi-annual media focuses on mental health alongside World…