#Suicide

by Tony Gorman on Jun 16th, 2014 - 2668 Views

It’s so sad to think that in a lot of cases of people committing suicide the signs are not recognised until after the person has taken their own life. Inquiries then take place but all too late and someone always says “I could see this was going to happen because of how the person was acting”,... 

by Alan Finn on Jun 6th, 2014 - 2614 Views

With the very little summer we are having some of us take advantage of the sun when are given the limited opportunity. Last June Bank Holiday, the Saturday to be exact, I took the Luas into the city and joined the hundreds of people talking the full advantage of the sun. Some folk were heading for city’s... 

by Alan Finn on Dec 9th, 2013 - 5364 Views

The Sinn Fein TD chats about his origins in politics and Sinn Fein, plus how suicide has affected himself and others around him – Quite a personal chat! IMAGE: Alan Finn (FRG) and Aengus O’Snodaigh (TD, Sinn Fein) at the Fountain Resource Group (FRG) hq on James’s Street in Dublin 8 –... 

by Alan Finn on Sep 6th, 2013 - 2219 Views

On Thursday the 12th September at Sweeney’s Bar on Dame Street, in our wonderful city of Dublin at 8pm till last order’s, you can once again catch the one and only, Explosive Joe Wrenn. One of Dublin’s most wanted men on the Rap & Hip Hop scene, he will be joined by Jay Hickey, Noel Sweeney,... 

by Alan Finn on Jun 26th, 2013 - 3688 Views

This is an interview that took place around this time last year with the FRG’s Alan Finn asking the questions. We never got around to publishing it at the time, but after coming across it recently, we really felt the need to share it with you. So here it is, better late than never… John... 

by Alan Finn on May 24th, 2013 - 3468 Views

On Thursday the 23rd of May at 5.30 pm I along with two friends met a local Rap artist by the name of Paul Tall Order Ritchie at Greenfort Shopping Centre. The reason for our arrangement was Paul Tall along with some of his friends where doing a video shoot for a song he wrote titled (entitled ‘Here... 

by Alan Finn on Mar 1st, 2013 - 3070 Views

While most of you’s were tucking into your pancakes on Pancake Tuesday the 12th of February, I went along to St Andrews Centre in Rialto for a public meeting on suicide. I was a little late so I sat at the back, but there was a full house so I was very pleased for the organisers. Not only was there... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Jul 11th, 2012 - 4408 Views

Help Lines & Centers in Ireland 1 Life suicide help line 1800-247-100 / txt 51444 Teen Line Ireland 1800-833-634 / www.teenline.ie Aware 1890-303302 / 01-6617211 Console 1800-201-890 / www.console.ie Turn 2 Me on line support forum www.turn2me.ie Turning the tide on suicide www.3ts.ie Pieata... 

by Alan Finn on Dec 21st, 2011 - 1937 Views

In conjunction with our interview with Sinn Fein TD Aengus O’Snodaigh, I have compiled some information about suicide prevention in this article for you. When someone takes their life they leave pain and heartbreak behind, one burning question may come up more and often and that is, why? Unlike...