Important Numbers and Helplines
If you have a problem and feel the need for a listening ear, why not take up the phone and contact someone who can help?
Perhaps some of the following contacts might be of help…
Homeless Services
If you are homeless, rough sleeping or at risk of homelessness, you need to contact the Local Authority Assessment and Placement Service.
Homeless Services for Youth (under 18 years)
If you are homeless and aged under 18 years of age, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility to respond to your needs. A social worker with the HSE will help you. If you become homeless or are at risk of homelessness, go to your local area health office.
If after 5pm (i.e. the local area health office is closed), go to the local Garda Station and the Gardaí will contact the on-duty Social Worker for the HSE Area so that emergency accommodation can be arranged. Services are listed next.
Child Protection
Each child/young person is a gift of God and has a right to dignity of life and bodily integrity, which must be respected, nutured and protected.
Faoiseamh
Faoiseamh is an organisation which provides telephone counselling and a counselling and psychotherapy referral service for people who have been sexually, physically, or emotionally abused by priests or religious.