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.

More people are now worrying about money and their family, it has emerged.

Irish people are far more worried about money than they were a year ago, according to the Samaritans’ annual worries survey 2012.

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

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.

CALLS to vital support group the Samaritans have reached record levels, with the group’s life-saving helpline receiving calls every two minutes this year.

Samaritans has teamed up with Facebook to create a new facility allowing Irish people on Facebook to get help for a friend they believe is struggling to cope or feeling suicidal.

THE Samaritans are receiving on average 450 text messages per day from people in distress — with the vast majority from young people.

A NEW pan-EU helpline for people with suicidal thoughts cannot be introduced by the Samaritans in the Republic because of fears that the cost of running the service would “financially cripple” the charity.

Google today launched a new feature in Britain that will trigger the telephone number for the Samaritans helpline to appear when words relating to suicide are entered into its search engine.

More than half the Irish population was worried about debt and money problems throughout the year, a survey revealed today.

MAKING emotional health a mainstream issue is the key to reducing Ireland’s high suicide rate, according to the Samaritans’ new director of Ireland Suzanne Costello.

MANY of the 38,000 calls to the Samaritans in Limerick during 2006 came from farmers.

Chart-topping singer Jamie Cullum has become an ambassador for the Samaritans.

I AGREE wholeheartedly with The Samaritans’ Public Relation Manager, Paul O’Hare’s comments on suicide.