There are many bereavement services and support groups throughout the country, both public and private, professional and voluntary, religious and secular. If you are religious, there may be pastoral care available through your local priest, order, minister, rabbi or congregation. You may need to make other enquiries or ask your GP what they would recommend before you make a decision.
Below is a list of some organisations that you may find helpful.
Anam Cara
Website for bereaved parents in Ireland.
Email: info@anamcara.ie
Homepage: www.anamcara.ie
Barnardos Bereavement Counselling for Children
Barnardos Bereavement Counselling for Children (Solas), Dublin & Cork. They provide information and advice through their help line. They also provide counseling for individual children and families, advice and training for groups involved with children who have been bereaved and a library and information service.
Christchurch Square
Dublin 8
Tel: Helpline (01) 473 2110 (Mo-Fri, 10 am-12noon, Wed 12-2pm))
Homepage: http://www.barnardos.ie/what_we_do/central_services/bereavement_counselling.html
Console
Console is a Registered Charity supporting and helping people bereaved through suicide. We respect each individual’s unique journey through the grieving process following their tragic loss. Console promotes positive mental health within the community in an effort to reduce the high number of attempted suicides and deaths through suicide.
Grace Park Road
Drumcondra
Dublin 9
Tel: +353 (0)1 8574300 Mon-Fri 9:00am - 5:30pm
Freephone: 1800 201 890
Fax: +353 (0)1 8574310
Homepage: http://www.console.ie
Email: info@console.ie
Irish Hospice Foundation
The Irish Hospice Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the hospice philosophy and supports the development of hospice/palliative care.
4th Floor
Morrison Chambers
32 Nassau Street
Dublin 2
Dublin
Tel: +353 (0)1 6793188
Fax: +353 (0)1 6730040
Homepage: http://www.hospice-foundation.ie
Irish Sudden Infant Death Association (I.S.I.D.A)
This organisation provides a really good service for all families dealing with sudden death, not just sudden infant death.
Contact Details: Support Services Co-Ordinator
Telephone: 01 8732711
24 Hour Help Line: 1850 391 391
National Association of Widows in Ireland
29 Gardiner Place
Dublin 1
IRELAND
Tel: +353 1 872 8814
Homepage: http://www.nawi.ie
Email: info@nawi.ie
National Association of Widowers and Deserted Husbands Association
54 Foster Terrace
Ballybough
Dublin 3
Dublin
Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)1 8552334
Samaritans
The service is provided 24 hours a day 365 days a year by over 1,800 volunteers. At the heart of this service is the belief - that offering people the opportunity to be listened to in confidence, and accepted without prejudice, can alleviate despair and suicidal feelings.
Details: Tel (Republic of Ireland): 1850 60 90 90
Online Locator: www.samaritans.org
The Miscarriage Association of Ireland
Carmichael Centre
North Brunswick Street
Dublin 7
Tel: +353 (0)1 8735702 or +353 (0)1 8725550
Homepage: http://www.miscarriage.ie/
Email: info@miscarriage.ie
