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21/08/2012
Suicide Charity To Open In London
Console, the suicide prevention charity, is to expand its services to London, at the request of British authorities.
Founder and chief executive Paul Kelly said they were contacted by Britain's Department of Health and the Metropolitan Police after the charity outlined its services at a recent conference in London.
Mr Kelly said the charity was at an advanced stage in securing a premises and it hoped to be up and running by the end of the year.
A report published last week found that unemployment in the UK had been linked to 1,000 additional deaths by suicide between 2008 and 2010.
The charity has full-time centres in Dublin, Cork, Wexford, Limerick and Galway.
It also offers services into Mayo, Kildare and other areas of Dublin such as Tallaght and Clondalkin.
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Founder and chief executive Paul Kelly said they were contacted by Britain's Department of Health and the Metropolitan Police after the charity outlined its services at a recent conference in London.
Mr Kelly said the charity was at an advanced stage in securing a premises and it hoped to be up and running by the end of the year.
A report published last week found that unemployment in the UK had been linked to 1,000 additional deaths by suicide between 2008 and 2010.
The charity has full-time centres in Dublin, Cork, Wexford, Limerick and Galway.
It also offers services into Mayo, Kildare and other areas of Dublin such as Tallaght and Clondalkin.
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