Samaritans volunteers have listened to almost three million calls over the last five years.

New appointments in Ireland's busy jobs market.

Samaritans Ireland is hoping to reach even more people in need of emotional support through a new dedicated email address.

Facebook has announced improvements to its suicide prevention tool, ahead of Sunday’s World Suicide Prevention Day.

There has not been a decline in demand for Console’s services following last Thursday’s Prime Time exposé on the charity’s financial affairs.

Doug Leddin felt he was living 'a double life'.

Calls to the Samaritans have jumped by 30% in the last year — as more and more people in distress contact the charity.

One in five callers to the Samaritans said they had financial worries, as new figures show the recession still casts a long shadow.

Samaritans Ireland has had its busiest year ever, with around 500,000 people getting in touch.

The suspension by Samaritans of their Samaritans Radar Twitter app on the grounds of invasion of peoples’ privacy, is to be welcomed.

Calls to the Samaritans are now free.

The Samaritans helpline is now free to call on 116 123.

Samaritans Ireland is urging people who feel down over the Christmas period to contact them.

More than a third of people feeling depressed or suicidal look for help in the middle of the night, the Samaritans have revealed.

More than a third of people feeling depressed or suicidal look for help in the middle of the night, the Samaritans have revealed.

More desperate people are reaching out for help in the early hours, a report being published today will reveal.

Samaritans Ireland said that more and more men are availing of their help line service to talk about their problems - and are encouraging more men to do so.

One-in-six calls to the Samaritans are recession-related, it has emerged.

The number of people calling Samaritans Ireland for emotional support has jumped by 3% in the past year.

The regional director of the Samaritans in Ireland has been named the Cork Person of the Month for October.

They’re normally on the end of the phone providing a reassuring ear, but now the Samaritans in Cork are embarking on an outreach pilot project which the charity hopes to roll out nationwide.

Calls to the Samaritans are expected to be free of charge from next year onwards after the charity concluded an agreement with Ireland's six largest telecoms companies.

More people in the Republic of Ireland are becoming overwhelmed by despair because of the recession.

IN the darkness that accompanies suicide, it is entirely appropriate that an annual commemoration for bereaved families is called a Celebration of Light.

SOME people suffering from mental health issues may be avoiding visits to their GP because they cannot afford it, the Samaritans said yesterday.

IT is not surprising that the marked increase in suicide recorded during the so-called Celtic Tiger era should get worse in times of recession.

A CROSS-PARTY Oireachtas group on mental health has been told there must be no funding cuts to mental health services as the recession increases the number of people committing suicide.

The number of people contacting the Samaritans over financial worries doubled in six months as the effects of the recession hit householders, it was revealed today.

SIX out of 10 people would not want anyone to know they had mental health problems, research reveals.