The Samaritans offers completely confidential emotional support 24 hours a day by phone, email, letter and face-to-face. There are over 2,000 Samaritans volunteers in Ireland and the charity receives over 315,000 dialogue contacts per year.

Calls to the helplines have increased recently and currently one in ten calls are related to financial stress. Unfortunately, suicide risk increases during times of recession, so if you are worried about someone, don’t hesitate to seek help. If you have things on your mind you can talk to Samaritans at anytime.

24 hour telephone helpline: 1850 60 90 90
24 hour email helpline: jo@samaritans.org
www.samaritans.ie

Above: On a recent visit to the Samaritans national office, Paddy McCartan discussed the charity’s tremendous work in Ireland with Samaritans, Gina Phillips (centre) and Suzanne Costello.