Emergency & Helpline Numbers
ALONE
If you have concerns about your own wellbeing, or the wellbeing of an older person you know.
Website: www.alone.ie
Seniorline
Senior Help Line is a confidential listening service for older people by trained older volunteers for the price of a local call anywhere in Ireland, from 10am to 10pm every day of the year, including Christmas Day.
Threshold
This charity provides a wide range of information and advice on renting, housing and problems with landlords. If you need to talk directly to an advisor call the national free phone helpline, Monday to Friday 9am to 9pm.
Website: www.threshold.ie
Friends of the Elderly Ireland
Our Friendly Call service offers regular phone calls to older adults who may feel isolated or lonely.
Website: www.friendsoftheelderly.ie
Age Action Care and Repair
Age Action’s Care and Repair is currently run by dedicated Maintenance Teams, and or Garda-vetted volunteer teams. Working from Dublin, Cork and Galway, Maintenance Teams travel anywhere in Ireland if their work can prevent you going into hospital, or speed up a hospital discharge plan. Our volunteers complete DIY work only in Dublin, Cork and Galway.
Pieta
Call 1800 247 247 or text HELP to 51444
Free support for people who self-harm, are thinking about suicide, or people bereaved by suicide.
Website: www.pieta.ie/
Samaritans
Provides confidential, non-judgmental emotional support to people struggling to cope, feeling lonely, or in distress.
Website: www.samaritans.org/
Women’s Aid
Confidential and non-judgemental support to women subjected to domestic abuse, including coercive control and stalking. Includes emotional, physical, sexual or economic abuse by a current or former partner.
Doras
Call 083 0391819 from 8am to 10pm
Offers support for refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers in Ireland, specialising in advocacy, legal information, and victim support.
Website: www.doras.org/contact