If you are feeling suicidal
If you need help now for yourself or another person:
- Call a Helpline, see the list below or see our list of additional specialist support services
- In an emergency, or for injuries that need medical attention, please visit your local A&E or call 999 or 112.
- Bring a companion with you if at all possible
- It's important to have someone be with you if you feel suicidal. Contact someone you trust to be with you.
- Talk to your GP - your health is their priority, both physical and mental.
Crisis & Specialist Supports who want to help you now!
Free 24 Hour Support service with therapeutic approach for people in suicidal distress, who engage in self-harm, are particularly low or who are bereaved by suicide. See website for branches.
- Freephone 24 hour Helpline: 1800 247 247
- Text HELP to 51444
- Call to book a therapy appoinment: 0818 111 126
- Web: pieta.ie
Text About It is a confidential text messaging support service that provides immediate support for anyone going through a mental health or emotional crisis – big or small. Crisis volunteers are available 24/7 for anonymous text conversations and the service is free across all networks. Text About It is ideal if you rather text than speak to someone face to face or by phone. If the short code doesn't work on your network (An Post/48), you can still use the service by texting HELLO to 0861800280. Standard network message rates may apply to this 086 number.
- Available every day 24 hours a day.
- Text HELLO to 50808 to start the conversation or text HELLO to 0861800280
- 50808 Service is Free
- Standard message rates apply to 086 1800280 number only.
- Website: textaboutit.ie
Longstanding & trusted, Samaritans volunteers provide confidential support, befriending and listening to those in personal crisis, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 21 branches across Ireland. Also provide a Self-Help App. to keep track of feelings, get coping recommendations & to stay safe in a crisis.
- Helpline: Freephone 116 123 (callers from Rep of Ireland & N Ireland)
- Email: jo@samaritans.ie (Rep. of Ire) jo@samaritans.org (N Ire) email response issues within 24 hours)
- Web: samaritans.org
Providing online, telephone & face to face support and assistance to all affected by depression & bipolar disorder. Phone-in and Zoom peer groups provide support for anxiety, mild to moderate depression, bipolar disorder or other related mood conditions. Support & self-care groups take place daily.
- Support Line Helpline (Freephone): 1800 80 48 48 (10am-10pm daily)
- Email: supportmail@aware.ie (expect response within 24 hours or often sooner)
- Web: aware.ie
HUGG is the national suicide bereavement charity. Services include information & resources on grief after a suicide, telephone support, events & webinars, vital research & advocacy work and suicide bereavement support groups. HUGG support groups are led by trained volunteers with a lived experience of suicide loss and are available in-person or online, so the service is accessible wherever you are in the country. HUGG's website is a useful resource on grief management and for practical information in the aftermath of a suicide. Visit the HUGG website to learn more. Registered Charity Number (RCN): 20204480.
- Tel: +353 1 513 4048 (Monitored Answer Machine)
- Email: info@hugg.ie
- Web: HUGG.ie
This is a free support service for LGBTI+ young people aged 14-23 years who are self-harming or thinking of suicide. Email or call to book an appointment get support and to sign up for free sessions. This service is provided by BelonG To in conjunction with Pieta, the centre for prevention of suicide & self-harm. Counselling sessions take place in BelonG To Parliament Street in Dublin city centre.
- Call: 01-462 4792
- Email: belongto@pieta.ie
Childline is the national 24-hour active listening service for children and young people up and including 18 ears of age in Ireland. Children and young people can contact the service at any time, to talk about any issue on their mind. The service can be reached in the following ways:
- Free Text Service: Text TALK to 50101
- Helpline (24 Hr Freephone): 1800 66 66 66 up to 18 years.
- Chat Online: childline.ie
- Web: childline.ie
Based in Gorey with a Branch in Arklow, Futures in Mind provides a range of suicide prevention services both locally and nationally for all ages including children & adolescents. Services include counselling, child & adolescent services, bereavement support and community outreach programmes including training. Also provide group sessions such as depression and bereavement support groups.
- Helpline: (0818) 30 30 61
- Email: info@futuresinmind.ie
- Web: futuresinmind.ie
Providing fast and easy access to counselling and psychotherapyface to face and online. MyMind work to deliver affordable counselling with a sliding pay scale according to client. Also, for those directly affected by Covid-19, MyMind are now also delivering FREE online counselling appointments all over Ireland. For more information CLICK HERE .
- Email: hq@mymind.org
- Web: www.mymind.org
SHINE works with individuals & family members of those with mental health difficulties. They aim to raise awareness and provide information, education, counselling & support groups. Services include groups for people with lived experience of a mental health difficulty, family & supporters groups, recovery training and education groups. Find your local Shine service here.Helpline: 1890 621 631
- Email: Counselling Service phil@shineonline.ie
- Web: shine.ie
Teenline is a free 24-hour active listening service for young people up and including 18 years of age in Ireland. Provided by the ISPCC, the service is confidential, non-directive and non-judgemental. Young people can contact the service at any time, to talk about any issue on their mind.
- Helpline (Freephone): 1800 833 634 (available 24/7)
- Web: www.ispcc.ie/services/teenline
Available 7 days a week, 365 days a year, the Switchboard provides support and resources to all areas of the LGBTQIA community and to their families, friends and allies. Services include confidential helpline, married men's group and parents support service. A Drop-In Service is available weekly for sexual health information & support. Email for support or even to volunteer.
- Helpline (weekdays): +353 1 8721055 Mon-Fri 6:30 - 9pm
- Helpline (Sat/Sun & bank holidays): +353 1 5253113 4pm - 6pm
- Drop-in: Saturdays 2-4pm in Outhouse, 105 Capel St, Dublin 1
- Email: ask@theswitchboard.ie
- Web:theswitchboard.ie
Online mental health community providing support groups, peer support and one to one online counselling. Turn2me provide 6 free counselling sessions to anyone over 18 years living in Ireland. Website is a good resource of information on mental health issues. Contact: via form on the website