Distress Supports
For those times when it sometimes feels like it’s all just getting a bit too much, there is light at the end of the tunnel. The organisations below may be able to assist you when you are in those low moments.
Addiction Support
Haven Hub (Limerick)
Address & Contact
Bedford Row Family Project,
Bedford Row, Limerick
About
Provides late night peer support from suicide prevention trained volunteers from 8pm-1am Friday & Saturday nights for people in distress and/or at risk of suicide
Haven Hub (Ennis)
Address & Contact
Unit 7 Tracklands Business Park,
Ennis
Co Clare
About
Provides late night peer support from suicide prevention trained volunteers from 8pm-2am Friday & Saturday nights for people in distress and/or at risk of suicide
Pieta House
Samaritans
About
Provides listening service by phone and face to face for people struggling to cope, needs someone to talk to or feels suicidal
Community Crisis Response Team
About
Provides suppost to people at risk of suicide in the evenings after 5pm. Will travel to the location of the person in distress to support them and their families at times of crisis.
Crisis Text Line
About
Confidential messaging service for people in crisis
YourMentalHealth.ie
Address & Contact
About
HSE-provided phone service that members of the public can call at any time of the day. Not a counselling service, but an information line to help point people to the correct mental health service for their needs.
Limerick Treaty Suicide Prevention
Address & Contact
Hook and Ladder,
7 Sarsfield Street,
Limerick
About
Patrols the rivers in Limerick usually on a Sunday and Wednesday evenings from 8pm-12pm and Friday evenings from 9pm-1am
Limerick Suicide Watch
Address & Contact
Unit 3,
Tait Business Centre,
Dominic Street,
Limerick
About
Patrols the rivers in Limerick Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings
Limerick Marine Search and Rescue
Address & Contact
Dock Road,
Limerick
About
Search and rescue service for Limerick City and surrounding areas as requested by fire control. Available on a voluntary call out 24/7
Limerick Land Search Team
Address & Contact
About
Limerick based land search team on call 24/7 all year round, fully voluntary group
Tipperary Search and Rescue
Address & Contact
About
Voluntary missing persons search and rescue unit. Assist Gardai and other search and rescue units in the search for missing persons. On call 24/7/365 to respond to callouts from all over the country and cross-border
Bunratty Search and Rescue
Address & Contact
Boathouse,
Bunratty
Co Clare
About
Founded in 1981, Bunratty Search and Rescue is a volunteer run search and rescue service covering the Shannon Estuary from Limerick to Glin and the River Fergus.
Foynes Search and Rescue
Address & Contact
About
Established in 2009, we operate from our base in Foynes just west of the port. We are entirely voluntarily operated and run. New members always welcome.
Killaloe Coast Guard Unit
Address & Contact
Boathouse,
Pierhead,
Killaloe
Co Clare
About
Killaloe Coast Guard Unit is the first Inland Coast Guard Unit and is just one of 50 Coast Guard Units in the Republic of Ireland crewed by a total of 900 male and female volunteers.
Clare Suicide Bereavement Support
Address & Contact
About
Clare Suicide Bereavement Support befriends and supports individuals, families and communities who are bereaved by suicide, whether recently or in the past.
Crisis Intervention Nurse – 065 6863208 / 087 7999857
Emotion Peer Support Centre – 065 6892552
Grow – 061 318813
Solas – 086 0829907
Teenline – 1800 833 634
1life – 1800 247 100 or Text HELP
Aware – 1890 303 302
We encourage you to call into us and discuss your options with one of our volunteers.
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