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This is the third edition of the Healthlines Directory and like its predecessors, is the result of collaboration between the Directorate of Mental Health and the Suicide Prevention Office.

The origins of this directory stem from recommendations put forward by the National Task Force on Suicide, published in 1998. These were -

• The establishment of a directory of names and telephone numbers of voluntary groups who contribute to caring services to those in need and at risk of suicide
• A listing of details of statutory services in order that the public may be fully informed about all the services available to them.

The third edition of this directory holds true to these original aims, providing a useful information and reference source and it also incorporates a new section, an A-Z of General Practitioners, which should make it easier to locate contact details for this sector of the service

Like its predecessors, the Healthlines Directory will also be available on the Internet. It is hoped that this web space can be used to update the directory on a much more frequent basis than has heretofore been the case.

The contents of the directory relate to organisations and services in Counties Clare, Limerick and North Tipperary (the former Mid Western Health Board area).

I welcome the publication of the Directory and thank all those involved in its preparation.

Pat Brosnan
Specialist, National Planning Mental Health
Mental Health Directorate
May 2009