‘It has changed my whole life’: How ‘listeners’ in Wheatfield Prison support fellow inmates
Prisoner support volunteers respond to about 170 calls each year, with family and loneliness common issues
Samaritans Ireland
‘A healthy way to deal with grief and loneliness’: Skateboarding the Wild Atlantic Way
Becky Gilmour is undertaking the journey to raise awareness and money for suicide prevention
I could hardly breathe when I heard ‘Mum’s gone missing’, but then I knew what had happened
At first my mother’s death by suicide shocked me, but I came to accept it, partly thanks to a ritual I created
Preventing suicide needs everyone’s input. Here’s how the GAA plays its part
‘The reality is that people that end their own life by suicide, in most cases they’re looking for a way not to do it’
Samaritans plans to close at least 100 branches across Ireland and Britain over next 7-10 years
Charity wants to move volunteers into larger regional hubs and to have volunteers handle calls at home
‘I went from €17,000 in debt and jobless to paying off my mortgage early’
Better with Money with Aideen Finnegan
Derry’s Anton Tohill on mental health and sport: ‘The biggest wake up call for me was Red Óg’
Derry midfielder was close to Red Óg Murphy in Australia and now gives GPA mental health workshops to GAA clubs
Dan Morrissey reflects on narrow margins in year the drive for five hit a speed bump
Limerick full back Dan Morrissey expecting manager John Kiely to stay on for a ninth year
Helpline email ‘pulled me out of trance’, says Dublin woman in ‘deep despair’ after injury
Social care worker who turned to Samaritans in time of need speaks of value of service, which has received more than 5 million calls in a decade
Family of Minister for Justice evacuated following hoax bomb threat
Helen McEntee’s husband Paul Hickey and the couple’s two children were removed from their home in Co Meath
‘It makes no sense’: Locals struggle to understand suspected murder-suicide that has shocked people of Clare
Garda are continuing to investigate the circumstances around why Joe Collins killed his wife Claire and then took his own life
Samaritans sees over 1,000 calls a day, an increase of 10% on last year, new report shows
Volunteers spent some 65,000 hours speaking to callers on the island’s only 24-hour emotional support helpline
Landmarks to light up green to remind people Samaritans are available
Dublin’s Convention Centre, Kilkenny Castle, the Rock of Cashel among 70 taking part
Covid a key factor in calls to Samaritans and a challenge to its funding, committee told
The organisation’s volunteers answered a call for help every 56 seconds last year
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