Support helplines inundated with calls for help

COUNSELLING services throughout the country have reported a significant increase in calls from people seeking help following the publication of the Cloyne report.

Victim support group One in Four said yesterday it had been inundated with calls from members of the public since the report was published, with many callers contacting the group for support for the first time.

A spokeswoman for the group said there were 92 first-time callers on Wednesday on the back of the report’s publication. She said there was a huge rise in first-time callers yesterday as well, adding that the group was “expecting the high volume of calls to continue”.