Connecting for Life (CfL, 2015-2024), Ireland's national government strategy to reduce deaths by suicide, was published in June 2015. The strategy has 69 actions under seven strategic goals; 22 government departments/agencies have made commitments, as leads and/or supporting partners, to deliver on these actions. In addition, approximately 23 NGO partners are funded by the HSE to deliver on work aligned with CfL's strategic objectives. The HSE NOSP is identified in the strategy as the provider of cross-sectoral implementation support, in addition to being a named lead and/or supporting partner on 39 CfL actions. At the same time, there is a parallel bottom-up approach to delivering on CfL's strategic objectives, realised through local area CfL suicide prevention action plans aligned with the national strategy. The strategy's vision is "An Ireland where fewer lives are lost through suicide". The population-level primary outcomes are identified as: reduced suicide rate (per CSO mortality data) and reduced rates of hospital presentations of self-harm (per National Self-Harm Registry Ireland). There are seven strategic goals, all of which contribute to the overarching vision of the strategy. This presentation will provide outcomes of an independent review of the Connecting for Life Strategy, conducted by an Expert Advisor Group and involving relevant stakeholders. The aims of the review were to evaluate the progress of the 69 actions, that responsibility has been assigned to the 22 Government departments and state agencies, and assess the feasibility of their achievement, to identify challenges to their progress and to recommend strategic priorities for the next phase of Connecting for Life. Evaluations need to account for the measurement of multiple outcomes, which are not confined to rates of suicidal behaviour and are inclusive of broader outcomes such as attitudes and knowledge of suicide.