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Thu 07 Jul 2008Samaritans phoned every seven seconds
THE SAMARITANS received a phone call every seven seconds last year with almost a fifth of callers experiencing suicidal tendencies, according to new information released by the organisation.
In 2007 volunteers took 315,368 calls compared with 291,571 in the previous year. Callers were split evenly between male and females which, according to the Samaritans, has been a common theme during the group's 46 years in Ireland.
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