The number of young people turning to Pieta House for help has increased by 163 per cent over the past 5 years.

As a result the charity is launching it's Resilience Academy to protect people from suicide and self harm.

The programme has been piloted on second year students in four schools and will now be rolled out nationwide. 

Susan Keogh has been speaking to Director of Research and Training at Pieta House Dr Paul Surgenor about the benefits of the programme: