There were almost 500 more suicides between 2008 and 2012 than there would have been if Ireland had not gone into recession.
A study by the National Suicide Research Foundation has revealed the rate of suicide among men at the end of 2012 was 57 per cent higher than if the recession had not hit.
The equivalent rate for women was 7 per cent higher.
The amount of people who self harmed during that period also increased.
Professor Ella Arensman from the National Suicide Research Foundation is one of the authors of the report.
She says another study in Cork also points to a strong link between unemployment, debt and suicide:
