Suicide prevention group forced to close €4,000-a-month messaging service due to lack of funding

The volunteer-led group holds sessions for people who have anxiety and depression or who have been bereaved or suffering with self-harm and suicidal ideation.

A suicide prevention group has been forced to shut an emergency messaging service because it is in a “crisis over funding and at risk of closing”.

The Dáil heard the organisation, Sosad, which relies solely on donations, has had to ask clients to contact its offices for supports via email after it closed its €4,000-per-month messaging service.