COVID-19, the lockdown and social isolation are resulting in more people calling Pieta House for help, says the charity's chief executive Elaine Austin.
“If religious attendance facilitates older people to maintain a larger social circle with continued social engagement, alternative ways to socialise will be necessary as we develop into a more secular society.”
Strong Ignatian influence in Pope Francis’ words about the devil in recent exhortation.
The Movement will be bigger this century than last because of its spread abroad, Fr Bernard McGuckian SJ.
“Ireland’s relationship with alcohol, particularly in the context of mental health, depression and suicide, has to be examined.”
Primate of Ireland speaks about resilience at fundraiser in aid of Aware’s services to the suicidal and depressed at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.
Primate of All Ireland implores Saint to help Irish people rediscover the gifts of faith, hope and love.
It makes no sense to put a family in the homeless services or inappropriate accommodation when there is a house that could be used while the new house is being developed.
The Mental Health Project of the Bishops' Conference of England & Wales is raising awareness of the patron saint of mental illness.
Dramatic increase in calls due to 'free to call' helpline supported by Irish Telecom providers.
Young Irish mother lost her husband, son and unborn child to a suicidal driver in England while on a family holiday in 2012.
“Laws which permit people to give suicide assistance are dangerous" warns disability campaigner and founder of Hope Ireland, Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick.
Some 81,900 people left Irish shores between April 2013 and April 2014 though it appears the number of people emigrating has begun to fall.
Paper prepared for Pontifical Council for Culture’s plenary assembly on women warns plastic surgery can “amputate the expressive possibilities of the human face".
"We don't believe in miracles - we depend on them" explains Rob Clarke, CEO of Spirit Radio.
Archbishop Eamon Martin elected president of Irish Bishops Conference.
"Creeping despair and emptiness ... has tragically taken the lives of too many of our young people through suicide.”
Calls expected to surge over Christmas as organisations and services close.
Hardly any community in Ireland has been spared the bewilderment and sorrow of suicide.
