New figures show a small reduction in the number of registered suicides in Clare last year.
However, the rate of suicide here remains higher than the national average, especially amongst men.
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The CSO has published figures showing there were 16 recorded suicides in Clare last year.
That's down from 18 in 2014, and 22 in the previous year.
However, the county's suicide rate remains higher than the national average, especially amongst men with 13 males taking their own lives here last year.
The figures show that a total of 110 people have died by suicide in Clare since the beginning of 2009.
