Crisis Hotlines
National Helplines, Information lines and websites
 
Organisation   Telephone
Adopted and Fostered Peoples Association of Ireland   01 451 0425
Adopted Parents' Association of Ireland   0404 45184
    apai@eircom.net
Adopted Peoples Association   01 462 4430
www.adoptionireland.com    
Adoption Advice Service (Barnardos)   01 454 6388
    adoption@barnardos.ie
Adoption Board   01 667 1392
www.adoptionboard.ie   info@adoptionboard.ie
AIDS Alliance   01 873 3799
AIDS Care, Education & Training (ACET)   01 878 7700
www.acet.ie   acet@indigo.ie
AIDS helpline   1800 459 459 / 01-872 4277
AIM family services   01 670 8363
www.aimfamilyservices.ie   aimfamilyservices@eircom.net
Alcoholics Anonymous   01-453 8998
Alone   01-679 1032
Amen (Domestic violence against men)   046 902 3718
www.amen.ie   amen@iol.ie
Baby to kids (pregnancy and parenting advice)    
www.baby2kids.ie   info@baby2kids.ie
Barnardos   01 454 9699
www.barnardos.ie   ncrc@barnardos.ie
Bereavement Counselling Service   01-839 1766
Bodywhys (Eating Disorders)   (helpline) 1890 200 444 / 01 283 5126
www.bodywhys.ie   info@bodywhys.ie
Bullying Helpline   (day) 0502 61666/(night) 0502 20598
Cairde (HIV support)   01 855 2111
www.cairde.org   info@cairde.ie
Campaign against Bullying   01 288 7976
http://indigo.ie/~odonnllb/cabullying/   odonnllb@indigo.ie
Child Abuse Prevention Programme (CAPP)   01 620 6347
www.staysafe.ie    
Childline (ISPCC)   (helpline) 1800 666 666
Children at Risk in Ireland Foundation (CARI)   (helpline) 1890 924 567 / 01 830 8529
Children's Rights Alliance   01 405 4823
www.childrensrights.ie   info@cra.iol.ie
Citizens Information   1890 777 121
    info@comhairle.ie
Cluedup.ie - teenage health advice    
www.cluedup.ie    
cluedupparents (advice on sex & relationships education)    
www.cluedupparents.org    
Comhairle (citizizens information)   01 605 9000
www.comhairle.ie   info@comhairle.ie
Contraceptive Information Service   1850 42 52 62
coolsexinfo: sex information for youth    
www.coolsexinfo.co.uk    
Crisis Pregnancy Agency   01 814 6292
www.crisispregnancy.ie    
Cuidiu - Irish Childbirth Trust   01 872 4501
www.cuidiu-ict.ie   cuidiuict@eircom.net
CURA pregnancy support   1850 622 626 / 01 671 0598
www.cura.ie   curacares@cura.ie
Doras Bui (Parents Alone Resource Centre)   01 848 4811
www.dorasbui.org   info@dorasbui.org
Drugs Advisory & Treatment Centre   01-677 1122
Drugs Information (National Drugs Strategy)    
www.drugsinfo.ie    
Drugs/HIV helpline   1800 459 459
Focus Ireland (Homelessness)   1800 724724 / 01 671 2555
www.focusireland.ie   info@focusireland.ie
Gamblers Anonymous   01 872 1133
Gay Switchboard   01 872 1055
Gingerbread (Association of One Parent Families)   01 814 6618
www.gingerbread.ie   info@gingerbread.ie
Health Service Executive information line   1850 636 313
    infoline@mailb.hse.ie
Headway (Irish National Association for Acquired Brain Injury)   1890 200 278
www.headway.ie   helpline@headway.ie (Confidential)
info@headway.ie (General Enquiries)
International Adoption Association    
www.iaaireland.com   info@iaaireland.com
Irish Cancer Society Cancer Helpline   1800 200 700 / 01 474 0944
Irish Family Planning Association   1850 495 051
www.ifpa.ie   post@ifpa.ie
Irish Foster Care Association   01 296 1083
www.ifca.ie   ifcasandra@eircom.net
Irish Friends of Suicide Bereaved   021 431 6722
www.suiciesupport.cjb.net   ifsb@gofree.indigo.ie
Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC)   01 679 4944
www.ispcc.ie    
Irish Sudden Infant Death Association   01-874 7007 / 1800 391 391
Irish Traveller Movement   01 679 6577
www.itmtrav.com    
Lesbian Line   01 872 9911
LIFE Pregnancy Care Service   1850 281 281 / 074912 7007
www.life.ie   tullamore@life.ie
Marriage & Relationship Counselling Services  (MRCS)   01 678 5256
www.mrcs.ie   info@mrcs,ie
Meningitis Trust   1800 523 196
Mental Health Association of Ireland   01 284 1166
www.mensana.org   mhai@iol.ie
Miscarriage Association of Ireland   01 497 2938
MOVE (Men Overcoming Violence)   01 872 4357
Narcotics Anonymous   01 672 8000
National Association for Parent Support (NAPS) helpline   (day) 0502 61666/(night) 0502 20598
National Education Welfare Board   1890 363 666
www.newb.ie   info@newb.ie
National Women's Council of Ireland   01 661 5268 / 01 661 1791
www.nwci.ie   info@ncwi.ie
Natural Parents Network of Ireland   086 853 0140
www.adoptionireland.ie   naturalparents@indigo.ie
North West Lesbian Line   (071) 914 7905
Oasis (government database with information on life events)    
www.oasis.gov.ie    
One Family (helpline for 1-parent familes)   1890 662 212
    www.onefamily.ie
    support@onefamily.ie
One Parent Exchange & Network (OPEN)   01 832 0264
www.oneparent.ie   enquiries@oneparent.ie
OUTWEST (gay / lesbian / bisexual support group)   (helpline) (094) 937 2479/(info) 087 972 5586
www.outwestireland.ie   info@outwestireland.ie
Overeaters Anonymous   01 451 5138 / 01 278 8106
PACT -Support & Counselling for Single Parents   (helpline) 1800 673 333 / 01 497 6788
www.pact.ie   pact@eircom.net
Parental Equality   01 875 5222
www.parentalequality.ie   info@parentalequality.ie
Parentline (for parents under stress - incl. Postnatal Depression)   1890 927 277 / 01 873 3500
www.parentline.ie   parentline@eircom.net
Pavee Point Travellers' Centre   01 878 0255
www.paveepoint.ie   pavee@iol.ie
Poisons Information Centre   01-837 9964
Positive Options (pregnancy advice)    
www.postiveoptions.ie    
Post Natal Distress Association of Ireland   01 872 7172
Rape Crisis Centre   01-661 4564 / 1800 750 780
Refugee Information Service    
www.ris.ie   info@ris.ie
Rollercoaster (parenting advice)    
www.rollercoaster.ie   info@rollercoaster.ie
Samaritans  (national helpline)   1850 60 90 90 / 01 872 7700
www.samaritans.ie   jo@samaritans.org
Samaritans  (Sligo )   071 917 0329
Samaritans (Letterkenny)   074 912 7273
Samaritans (N Ireland)   048 712 65511
Schizophrenia Ireland   (helpline) 1890 621 631 / 01 860 1620
www.iol.ie/lucia   schizi@iol.ie
Self-Injury And Related Issues   1850 60 90 90
www.siari.co.uk    
sexual health west    
www.sexualhealthwest.com    
Simon Community   01-872 0188
Solas Bereavement Counselling for Children (Barnardos)   01 453 0355
    solas@barnardos.ie
spunout (youth website for the North West)    
www.spunout.ie    
Surviving Suicide (USA: links to a range of related websites)    
www.survivingsuicide.net    
The Senior Helpline   1850 440 444
Threshold (advice on housing issues)   01 678 6096
www.threshold.ie   advice@threshold.ie
Treoir National Information Centre for Unmarried Parents   01 670 0120
www.treoir.ie   info@treoir.ie
ursay: interactive health site (NOT YET ACTIVE)    
www.ursay.com    
Victim Support   01-679 8673
Well Woman Centre (Dublin)    
www.wellwomancentre.ie   info@wellwomancentre.ie
Women's Aid   (helpline) 1800 341 900 / 01 868 4721
www.womensaid.ie   info@womensaid.ie
Women's Refuge   01-842 2377
Working With Men (UK)   (0044) 208 308 0709
www.workingwithmen.org   info@workingwithmen.org