Pieta
Free, professional therapy for people in suicidal distress or engaging in self-harm, plus a 24-hour crisis line.
Visit their website →Registered charity 20055543
Pieta is unusual in this sector: as well as a crisis line it provides free, in-person therapy with accredited therapists, with no referral needed and no charge. That combination is rare anywhere and it removes the two barriers people most often hit — cost and a waiting list gatekeeper.
It also supports people bereaved by suicide, and runs Darkness Into Light, the annual dawn walk that funds much of the service.
Pieta 24-hour crisis line
Free phone and text support, and a route into free face-to-face therapy.
- Ireland
- 1800 247 247
Call Pieta, free, 24 hours a day
Open 24 hours, every day
- Free to call
- Freephone number
Checked 18 September 2026 against their own page
- HELP to 51444
Text HELP to 51444
Standard message rates apply.
Open 24 hours, every day
- Charged at your standard rate
Checked 18 September 2026 against their own page
People contact them about: thinking about suicide, hurting myself, nothing feels worth it, someone i love died by suicide.
Other organisations
- SamaritansFree, 24-hour listening for anyone who is struggling — you do not have to be suicidal to call, and you do not have to give your name.
- Text About ItIreland's free 24/7 anonymous text service, for anyone who would rather write than speak.
- Childline by ISPCCFree, confidential support for anyone under 18 in Ireland, by phone or online chat, at any hour.
- LGBT IrelandA national helpline and peer support for LGBTQ+ people, their families and friends.
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