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Report a concern

If your concern relates to a diocese

To access the contact information for any diocesan designated liaision person you can search for them by entering the name of the diocese in the box below:

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If your concern relates to a member of a religious congregation or order

To access the contact information for Designated Liasion People in religious congregations or orders, please contact the Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI) on:

00353 1 6677322

To report a child safeguarding suspicion, concern, knowledge or allegation directly to the statutory authorities

Contact details for Gardai, PSNI, Tusla and local Health and Social Care Trusts can be accessed here.

Additional Help and Support

Gardai Dedicated Helpline for Victims of Sexual Abuse
The Gardai offer a freephone confidential line with trained staff who are experts in supporting people who are reporting abuse.  The line is open 24 hours, 365 days of the year.  The number to call is 1800555222

Towards Healing
Towards Healing is a free, confidential helpline and counselling referral service, which is a Catholic Church response to abuse by clergy and religious.


Freephone from the Republic of Ireland 1800 303416; from Northern Ireland and Britain 0800 0963315.

Mondays to Thursday, 11am to 8pm

Fridays 11am to 6pm.

Towards Peace
Spiritual support for survivors of abuse by Catholic Church personnel in Ireland

Mrs Una Allen, Director

Mrs. Colleen Brown, Administration and Development Coordinator

Phone: + 353 (0) 1 5053028
Mobile: + 353 (0) 86 7710533

Monday – Thursday: 10am – 5pm

Email: towardspeace@iecon.ie
Website: www.towardspeace.ie

Connect

Connect is a telephone counselling and support service for any adult who has experienced abuse, trauma or neglect in childhood. The service is also available to partners or relatives of people with these experiences.Connect is an out of hours service available Wednesday to Sunday 6–10pm. Free and Confidential. To speak to a counsellor call: ROI: 1800 477 477 / UK/NI: 00800 477 477 77 Find out more at www.connectcounselling.ie

National Counselling Service (NCS)

The HSE National Counselling Service (NCS) is for adults who were abused in childhood and was established in September 2000 in response to the recognition that a large number of adults had been abused as children while in care in State institutions in Ireland. The NCS offers confidential face to face counselling, free of charge, to adults who experienced physical, emotional, sexual abuse or neglect during childhood. Counselling is available at 60 locations throughout Ireland.
HSE Website details of 10 Freephones available in each of their locations nationwide 

Safeguarding Children

National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland
New House, Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Co.Kildare
01 505 3124
01 505 3026
admin@safeguarding.ie

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