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More Irish people committed suicide under EU austerity than 30 yrs of conflict

by mbgaxyz on 3/13/19, 3:11 PM with 9 comments

• by s_dev on 3/13/19, 4:54 PM

  Suicide is a weird statistic. It can almost be a indicator of progress and prosperity in some respcts e.g. suicides rates are high in places like Sweden and Japan and low in places that are very deprived parts of Africa/Asia. Theres a cultural component, a chronological one, a climate one, a psychological, phsiological one etc.

  I found the whole article pointless really.

  Plenty of intersting things can be said about the Troubles/Irish Financial Crisis but comparing the Troubles to the austerity policies in the Republic during from 08' to 12' isn't that useful nor does it produce insight.

• by forgotmypwd123 on 3/13/19, 4:48 PM

  Why have you added "EU" to the title? Don't editorialize. "EU" doesn't even appear in the article.

• by colinb on 3/13/19, 4:58 PM

  Does this account for the historical reticence of coroners to record a suicide as such because of the stigma that might be heaped upon the dead person, and their surviving relatives? In the 1970s religion was a much stronger force in nearly every aspect of Irish society than it is now.

  I'm inclined to believe the modern data more readily than the numbers from the troubles.

• by maxxxxx on 3/13/19, 4:53 PM

  Is Ireland in such bad shape? I thought they were a big success story during the 90s and 2000s.