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Next Sunday, September 15, hundreds of people will take to the streets of Ballina for the Console suicide prevention and postvention memorial walk which will be started by “Martin Lavin” (Eddie Durkin of The Hardy Bucks) along with his friends.

There was an incredible turnout at 20 locations, one being Westport, for Pieta House’s fifth annual Darkness into Light walk with Electric Ireland.

Hundreds of people will take to the streets of Swinford in Mayo for Console’s inaugural Suicide Prevention and Postvention Memorial Walk which will be started by local Councillor Joe Mellett.

President Michael D Higgins hosted gala celebrations to honour the staff at Console, Ireland’s national suicide prevention charity, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.

A two day ASIST (applied suicide intervention skills training) course, organised by Iorras Le Chéile and HSE Suicide Prevention Department, will be held in Belmullet on Thursday and Friday September 29 and 30. This first aid for suicide course is particularly aimed at people who work with or have contact with people who may present with suicidal behaviour. This includes publicans, clergy, care workers, guards, parents, and those working with voluntary groups and organisations. Places are limited.

This Sunday a Tuam man will arrive home to his native town after undertaking a gruelling challenge to raise funds for Pieta House. Setting out almost three months ago with no accommodation booked, Colm Farrell has walked the 26 counties of Ireland. Armed with just a rucksack, map and iPod on his departure on May 7, Farrell has relied on the generosity of the public to put him up for the night over the course of his 1,330km journey.

Console is calling on families, friends, school friends and work colleagues to take to the streets of Galway for the 2011 Console Annual Memorial Walk in aid of the Suicide Bereaved and Suicide Prevention Service.

benefit from a new round of government funding, according to the Minister for Disability and Mental Health.

A two day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training course, organised by Iorras Le Chéile and HSE Suicide Prevention Department will be held in Belmullet on April 8 and 9.