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# pieta-house - Thursday 16 January, 2020
'I wanted to end it all. I thought I was a burden on everyone'
Ireland and Glasgow City star Clare Shine delves deeper into her mental health struggles.
# pieta-house - Saturday 21 December, 2019
Suicide prevention charity Pieta House expects surge in calls and messages over Christmas period
The suicide prevention charity says that average calls to its helpline rose by 45% this year
# pieta-house - Saturday 11 May, 2019
Thousands of people across the country walked from Darkness into Light this morning
This year over 168 venues throughout the country took part in the 5k walk/run.
# pieta-house - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
'I'm not the only one going through this difficult time': Darkness Into Light launches Wall of Hope in Dublin
The public will be able to leave messages of hope on the mural site in Camden Row.
# pieta-house - Tuesday 4 September, 2018
'We need to utilise the expertise of over-65s': First details emerge of Joan Freeman's presidential bid
Despite being tipped for a run for the Áras for months, Freeman’s campaign has been muted until now.
# pieta-house - Wednesday 1 August, 2018
12 hilarious everyday Google questions, illustrated by Irish artists
Irish illustrators raise money for Pieta House by drawing your weird and wonderful Google searches.
# pieta-house - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
Race for the Áras: Joan Freeman asks councils to convene special meetings
The current situation makes it very difficult for prospective candidates to organise campaigns, Freeman said.
# pieta-house - Wednesday 18 July, 2018
Founder of Pieta House writes to councils seeking support for presidential run
Joan Freeman said it is her lifelong ambition to “deliver a better quality of life”.
# pieta-house - Saturday 12 May, 2018
In photos: Stunning summer morning as 200,000 walk from Darkness into Light
The event began with just 400 people walking in Phoenix Park in 2008.
# pieta-house - Saturday 28 April, 2018
Artist and teacher Joe Caslin: 'Men don't really talk about how we feel - unless we're really inebriated'
We spoke to Joe at The Response Series Exhibition for Darkness into Light 2018.
# pieta-house - Sunday 25 February, 2018
Self-harm hospital presentations 'just the tip of the iceberg', mental health services warn
Pieta House and St Patrick’s Mental Health Services are calling for more discussion to be had around self-harm.
# pieta-house - Saturday 23 December, 2017
From zero funding to a thriving New York branch: Joan Freeman's Pieta House journey
In 2006, Freeman put her house up as collateral to fund Pieta House. Now, she’s just launched a New York branch.
# pieta-house - Tuesday 31 October, 2017
Pieta House founder Joan Freeman leaving charity for new mental health project in New York
Solace House is a suicide and self-harm charity, which serves the Irish Diaspora and others in New York.
# pieta-house - Monday 16 October, 2017
Volkswagen combed through 5,000 Instagram pics for this charity calendar
Each calendar will cost €10 and all proceeds go directly to Pieta House.
# pieta-house - Sunday 1 October, 2017
After their mother died by suicide, these Irish brothers are now helping Australians speak out
Their mother and friend died by suicide in the space of six years.
# pieta-house - Sunday 10 September, 2017
'No one should suffer alone, suicide is a community issue and everyone's business'
It’s World Suicide Prevention Day today. Here’s what events are happening to mark it.
# pieta-house - Tuesday 18 July, 2017
'It's important to have male role models promoting wellness' - St Pat's announce partnership with Pieta House
Pieta House provides free counselling services to people in suicidal distress or engaging in self-harm.
# pieta-house - Thursday 25 May, 2017
'Where's this nutter going with the washing machine?' - a Waterford man and his unique climb of Kilimanjaro
Enda O’Doherty aims to climb 19,340 ft summit next month to raise awareness about mental health.
# pieta-house - Saturday 20 May, 2017
The Irish app that wants to help people get up in the morning
Pieta House said that they hoped their partnership with the app would help users in a “meaningful and positive way”.
# pieta-house - Tuesday 9 May, 2017
'I'm surprised that the leader of our country had the neck to walk in Darkness Into Light'
Senator Joan Freeman originally praised the Taoiseach for his involvement, but took a different view today in the Seanad.
# pieta-house - Monday 8 May, 2017
'A movement like no other': It was a record-breaking year for Darkness Into Light
Well over 150,000 people took part in events this year, according to charity Pieta House.
# pieta-house - Saturday 6 May, 2017
In photos: Over 150,000 people at 150 locations take part in Darkness into Light
The symbolic walk into the light is aimed at encouraging people to talk about suicide and mental health issues.
Right now, around 150,000 people are about to walk from Darkness Into Light
In over 100 towns and cities in Ireland, people will be walking as the sun rises this morning.
# pieta-house - Friday 5 May, 2017
This Humans of Dublin post tells the bittersweet story of how Darkness Into Light began
Pieta House’s annual walk for suicide prevention takes place this weekend.
# pieta-house - Sunday 30 April, 2017
'Darkness Into Light allows us to talk about the wound left by suicide'
Senator Joan Freeman talks to us about mental health services and being ‘a pain in the government’s neck’.
# pieta-house - Thursday 27 April, 2017
'I was going to end my life or I was going to get better. That was the choice I had'
Gary Seery turned to exercise to help him cope with anxiety and depression
# pieta-house - Wednesday 26 April, 2017
'The hallucinations were 100% real to me. But people were telling me there was nothing there'
At times it felt like there was no hope of recovery at all, writes Brian Scallan
# pieta-house - Tuesday 25 April, 2017
'In my head, I didn't deserve to be helped. I was broken and couldn't be fixed'
Ireland rugby international Hannah Tyrrell on the eating disorder that overshadowed her teenage years
# pieta-house - Monday 24 April, 2017
'Paul wanted to talk. But there was nobody to talk to'
Patricia Turner lost her son to suicide in 2009.
# pieta-house - Wednesday 5 April, 2017
'Nobody’s ashamed to say they broke their leg, but there’s still a shame linked to mental illness'
Pieta House’s Resilience Academy aims to help young people deal with mental health issues.
# pieta-house - Thursday 30 March, 2017
Croker to Killimor: Galway GAA club partner with Pieta House for 186km fundraising cycle
Over 80 people will take part in the cycle in aid of the club and suicide awareness charity on Saturday.
# pieta-house - Tuesday 7 February, 2017
The number of people self-harming in Ireland is continuing to rise
A conference will be held next month to raise awareness of how to tackle self-harm.
# pieta-house - Monday 26 December, 2016
This man ran right through Christmas night to raise money for Pieta House
And he’s still going….
# pieta-house - Thursday 22 December, 2016
'When I was told my brother had died by suicide, I crumbled to the floor and howled'
Michelle Ross speaks openly about what she and her family have gone through since her brother died by suicide last year.
# pieta-house - Tuesday 29 November, 2016
Pieta House calls for ban on children being admitted to adult-only psychiatric units
Founder Joan Freeman wants the government to allow such children to be admitted to private institutions.
# pieta-house - Saturday 26 November, 2016
'Improv can tell us a lot about ourselves, it's very liberating'
There’s a greater vulnerability associated with improv than other forms of performance, Neil Curran explains why that doesn’t have to be scary.
# pieta-house - Friday 28 October, 2016
That viral mass Facebook event has sparked a rise in donations to Pieta House
Some good is coming of the page.
# pieta-house - Saturday 10 September, 2016
Pieta House teams up with farming group to highlight suicide among men in rural areas
Pieta House and the IFA are running a phoneline and counselling service.
# pieta-house - Thursday 18 August, 2016
# pieta-house - Wednesday 17 August, 2016
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Poll: Will you watch the seven-way leaders' debate tomorrow?
TOMORROW EVENING AT 9.35pm all seven political party leaders will debate each other on RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Live.
With the general election less than a fortnight away it’s a chance for each leader to set out their stall for the electorate and for the voter to get a better sense of where each party stands on major issues facing the country.
There’s been controversy, meanwhile, over both RTÉ and Virgin Media’s two-way debates between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin with Sinn Féin issuing a legal letter to RTÉ over its exclusion.
Tomorrow night will see Varadkar, Martin and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald debate each other alongside Labour leader Brendan Howlin, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, Solidarity/People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett and the Social Democrats’ Roisín Shorthall.
So today we’re asking: Will you watch the seven-way leaders’ debate on Monday?
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Voting is a privilege and homelessness is the biggest challenge, writes Evgeny Shtorn.
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Wedding prayers and toasts can sound so beautiful in Irish, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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