List of useful telephone numbers

Archdiocese of Dublin
Designated Person Safeguarding & Child Protection Service Mr Andrew Fagan	01 836 0314
Child Protection Officer                      Ms Sinéad McDonnell	01 836 0314
Support Coordinator                          Mr Joseph McDonagh	01 884 2591 086 089 0695
Training and Development Coordinator        Fr Paddy Boyle	01 836 0314 086 101 1415
An Garda Siochána
Contact your local Garda station. See a list of Garda Stations on the Garda website Garda Stations
Health Service Executive (HSE)
Contact your local Community Care Area For information call	1850 24 1850
National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland
Director Mr Ian Elliott	01 505 3018
Faoiseamh Helpline
From the Republic of Ireland	1800 33 1234
From Northern Ireland	0800 973 272
One in Four	01 662 4070
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
70, Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2 Office hours: Mon-Fri 8am-7pm; Sat 9am-4pm For information call	1800 778 888
The Samaritans
Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair.	1850 60 9090
Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC)
29 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2	01 676 7960
Childline provides a 24 hour listening service for all children up to the age of 18.	1800 66 66 66
Catholic Youth Care
Arran Quay, Dublin 7	01 872 5055
National Youth Council of Ireland
3 Montague Street, Dublin 2	01 478 4122
National Youth Federation
20 Lower Dominic Street, Dublin 1	01 872 9933

If ringing from outside Ireland, you will need to prefix the local numbers with the International Dialling code for Ireland +353 and drop the leading zero in the local number, e.g. +353 1 836 0314.

The Callsave (1850 …) and Freephone (1800 …, 0800 …) numbers can only be dialled within Ireland.