The Mental Health Commission has found eight critical risk ratings in five approved mental health centres.
It comes at the same time as 200,000 people got up early on Saturday morning to walk from Darkness Into Light to fight the stigma around suicide and mental health problems.
It also serves as a stark reminder that Tipperary is left lacking when it comes to adequate mental health services.
Local mental health campaigners Joe Leahy and Paddy O’Donoghue joined Trudy in studio:
