"But the money it will cost for Bill Clinton to make this keynote speech would fund a lot of counseling for the bereaved and those at risk of suicide in places like Cork, Limerick or Kerry."

Clinton's fee, Buckley added, could also cover the costs of "voluntary [suicide prevention] activities of groups North and South."

RehabCare, which is hosting the event, refused to discuss Clinton's fee, insisting to the Irish Independent: "We have raised E600,000 [$750,000] from the sale of 120 tables and every cent of that is going to suicide prevention."

"Mr. Clinton will speak for 40 minutes at the event in the Citywest Hotel and it is believed he will have something to say about the present situation in Northern Ireland as well as discussing suicide prevention in the Republic," the Independent said.

Suicide is a national crisis in Ireland, with the rate of those taking their own lives increasing 400 percent in the last 15 years. Most victims are young men aged 15 to 24.

On Tuesday morning, Mr. Clinton will attend a breakfast at the Berkley Court Hotel in Dublin to raise money for the Rose Project, an Irish charity for AIDs sufferers in Africa.

It's not clear whether the ex-president will be charging the AIDs charity for his speech.

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