Pieta to take over Console services

Suicide charity Pieta House is taking over services previously operated by Console in a deal finalised yesterday to ensure minimum disruption to clients.

The transfer of helpline services is already completed under arrangements that were outlined yesterday at the High Court. It appointed a provisional liquidator to Console after hearing that it was €294,000 in debt and unable to ensure its services could be maintained.

The HSE has been providing funding to three of Console’s services — the 24/7 suicide helpline, the suicide bereavement liaison service, and the suicide bereavement counselling service.