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Do 11% of Travellers die by suicide?

11 March 2024

On 5 December during a debate in the Dail, Sinn Féin TD Mark Ward said: “Some 11% of all Travellers will die by suicide. This

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Do more men die by suicide in Northern Ireland?

11 January 2019

This claim is accurate. For 2017, Northern Ireland had the highest rate in the UK (and Ireland) of registered deaths by suicide for men (29.1

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Have 1 in 4 LGBT persons attempted suicide?

6 November 2018

The claim is true in line with other surveys with LGBT respondents in the UK and Ireland. The Rainbow Project survey figure of 4% of

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Is Northern Ireland the happiest part of the UK?

17 January 2017

The majority of people surveyed by ONS indicated being majority happy with their lives. However, statistically, Northern Ireland has some of the highest rates of