Samaritans set to introduce freephone number next year

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.

Samaritans has been in negotiations with the six largest telecoms providers (BT Ireland; eircom/Meteor; 02; Three; UPC and Vodafone), which are members of IBEC’s Telecommunications and Internet Federation (TIF).