Voluntary Bodies and Other Organisations
Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice
26 Upper Sherrard Street, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 855 6814, 9.00am – 5.00pm
Email: info@jcfg.ie Website: www.jcfg.ie
An agency of the Irish Jesuit Province. The Centre undertakes social analysis,
theological reflection and action in relation to issues of social justice,
including housing and homelessness, penal policy, asylum and migration,
and international development.
Knights of St Columbanus
Ely House, 8 Ely Place, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 676 1835 Fax: (01) 676 2839
Email: koc@iol.ie Web: www.knightsofstcolumbanus.ie
Aims to preserve and defend the Catholic ethos in Ireland. A national body
with primary councils located in most of the larger towns and all cities, its
charitable works include support of a number of schools and convents.
Labour Court
Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 613 6666 Lo-call: 1890 220 228
General queries: (01) 613 6667 Fax: (01) 613 6667
Email: info@labourcourt.ie Web: www.labourcourt.ie
Provides a free, comprehensive service for the resolution of industrial
relations disputes.
Email: admin@lrc.ie Web: www.lrc.ie
Lámh – Communication Augmentation Sign System Ltd
Lámh Development Office, Carlow IT, Kilkenny Road, Carlow
Tel: (059) 917 0526
Email: info@lamh.org Web: www.lamh.org
A manual sign system used by children and adults with intellectual
disabilities and communication needs in Ireland. Aims to develop Lámh
training packages, train tutors and provide information about Lámh.
Law Reform Commission
35–39 Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 637 7600, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 637 7601
Email: info@lawreform.ie Web: www.lawreform.ie
An independent corporate body established under the Law Reform
Commission Act 1975. Its duty is to keep the national law of the State under
review. Also, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, it undertakes
examinations and conducts research with a view to reforming the law and
to formulating proposals for law reform.
Law Society of Ireland
Blackhall Place, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 672 4800, 9.00am – 1.00pm and 2.00pm – 5.00pm
Fax: (01) 672 4801
Email: general@lawsociety.ie Web: www.lawsociety.ie
Exercises statutory functions under the Solicitors Acts 1954–2002 in
relation to the education, admission, enrolment, discipline and regulation
of the solicitors’ profession.
Legal Aid Board
Quay Street, Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry
Tel: (066) 947 1000, 10.00am – 12.30pm and 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Fax: (066) 947 1035
Email: info@legalaidboard.ie Web: www.legalaidboard.ie
Provides legal aid and advice in civil cases on a means-tested basis through
30 full-time law centres as well as several part-time legal aid clinics.
Regional law centres, full-time:
Newcourt Shopping Centre, Church Street, Cavan Tel: (049) 433 1110
Unit 6A Merchants Square, Ennis, Co. Clare Tel: (065) 682 1929
North Quay House, Popes Quay, Cork Tel: (021) 455 1686
1A South Mall, Cork Tel: (021) 427 5998
48–49 North Brunswick Street/Georges Lane, Dublin 7 Tel: (01) 646 9700
Unit 6–8 Blanchardstown Business Centre, Clonsilla Road, Dublin 15
Tel: (01) 820 0455
Tower Shopping Centre, Clondalkin Village, Dublin 22 Tel: (01) 457 6011
44–49 Main Street, Finglas, Dublin 11 Tel: (01) 864 0314
45 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 Tel: (01) 874 5440
9 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1 Tel: (01) 872 4133
Village Green, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Tel: (01) 451 1519
Houston House, Main Street, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Tel: (074) 912 6177
9 Francis Street, Galway Tel: (091) 56 1650
1 Day Place, Tralee, Co. Kerry Tel: (066) 712 6900
Canning Place, Newbridge, Co. Kildare Tel: (045) 435 777
87 Maudlin Street, Kilkenny Tel: (056) 776 1611
Unit 6A, Bridge Street, Portlaoise, Co. Laois Tel: (057) 866 1366
Lock Quay, Limerick Tel: (061) 314 599
Credit Union Courtyard, 50a Main Street, Longford Tel: (043) 47 590
Condil House, Roden Place, Dundalk, Co. Louth Tel: (042) 933 0448
Humbert Mall, Main Street, Castlebar, Co. Mayo Tel: (094) 902 4334
Kennedy Road, Navan, Co. Meath Tel: (046) 907 2515
Alma House, The Diamond, Monaghan Tel: (047) 84 888
Harbour Street, Tullamore, Co. Offaly Tel: (057) 935 1177
Bridgewater House, Rockwood Parade, Thomas Street, Sligo
Tel: (071) 916 1670
Friarscourt, Abbey Street, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary Tel: (067) 34 181
Canada House, Canada Street, Waterford Tel: (051) 855 814
Paynes Lane, Irishtown, Athlone, Co. Westmeath Tel: (090) 647 4694
Unit 8, Redmond Square, Wexford Tel: (053) 912 2622
Bridge Street, Wicklow Tel: (0404) 66 166
Library Council – An Chomhairle Leabharlanna
53–54 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 676 1167 or (01) 676 1963 Fax: (01) 676 6721
Email: info@librarycouncil.ie Website: www.librarycouncil.ie
Supports the continuing development of public libraries in Ireland and
promotes co-operation in the Irish library and information services sector.
Lions Clubs International
c/o 38 Offington Lawn, Sutton, Dublin 13
Tel: 086 249 2383
Email: dg@lionsclubs.ie Web: Irish – www.lionsclubs.ie
International – www.lionsclubs.org
International voluntary service organisation with over 1.3 million members
worldwide. In Ireland, there are 116 clubs with 2,750 members and new
service-minded members are always welcome.
Living Life Voluntary Counselling Centre
Madeley, Eglinton Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Tel: (01) 286 6729
Dun Laoghaire, Tel: (01) 236 0359
For Arklow, contact Bray office to get details
Email: livinglife@eircom.net Web: www.livinglifecounselling.com
Provides a range of professional counselling services to those who could
not normally afford it, reaching out to marginalised, unemployed and
disadvantaged people in the community. Centres in Bray, Dun Laoghaire
and Arklow.
London Irish Centre – Community Services Department
50–52 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 207 916 2222, Mon to Fri 9.30am – 12.30pm and 2.00pm –
4.00pm, closed Wed morning and Fri afternoon Fax: +44 (0) 207 916 2638
Email: info@irishcentre.org Web: www.irishcentre.org
Offers a free and confidential advice/information service on welfare
entitlements, accommodation, employment, education and training, health,
alcohol and drug abuse, repatriation, counselling, tracing missing persons,
and social and cultural events for newly arrived Irish emigrants and Irish
people who have settled in Britain.
London Irish Women’s Centre
59 Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, London N16 OAR,
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7249 7318, 9.00am – 1.00pm and 2.00pm – 5.00pm
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7923 9599
Email: info@liwc.co.uk Web: www.liwc.co.uk
Aims to cater for the needs of Irish women in London. It exists to empower,
inspire, mobilise and celebrate women of Irish birth and descent in London.
Lymphoma Support Ireland
c/o Irish Cancer Society, 43–45 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4
Tel: 1800 200 700, 9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 231 0555
Email: info@lymphoma.ie Web: www.lymphoma.ie
Formed to provide information, advice and emotional support for people
with Hodgkin’s or Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and their carers. Volunteers
provide information and support.
MABS
See Money Advice and Budgeting Services
MADD – Mothers Against Drink Driving
c/o Gertie Shields, Lambeecher, Drogheda Road, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Tel: (01) 841 3088
Campaigns for changes in legislation relating to drink-driving offences.
Also campaigns for more effective and visible enforcement of drink-driving
legislation. Seeks to promote change in public attitudes to drink-driving.
Provides support for individual victims of drunk and dangerous driving.
Marfan Syndrome Support Group Ireland
c/o Beech Tree Cottage, Ardbraccan, Navan, Co. Meath
Tel: (046) 907 1232 Fax: (046) 907 1232
Helpline numbers: Kilkenny (Margaret) (056) 776 7894, Limerick
(Margaret) (069) 68249, Meath (Jo/Brian) (046) 907 1232
Email: marafan@eircom.net
Aims: to provide support and information to those people with Marfan’s
syndrome and their families; to provide information and assist in creating
awareness about Marfan’s syndrome among the medical profession and public.
Marie Keating Foundation
Unit 9 Millbank Business Park, Lower Road, Lucan, Co. Kildare
Tel: (01) 628 3726 Fax: (01) 628 3759
Email: info@mariekeating.com Web: www.mariekeating.com
Provides breast cancer information and awareness free of charge through
three Mobile Cancer Information Units based in the eastern, western and
southern regions of Ireland. The three Mobile Cancer Information Units have
been in operation since May 2001. The Foundation provides information to
an estimated 9,500 people annually with an average of 521 women being
referred to their GP for further evaluation.
Medical Research Charities Group
Carmichael House, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 872 2266, 9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 873 5737
Email: info@mrcg.ie Web: www.mrcg.ie
Formed in 1998 to inform and support charities in Ireland in the
development of their medical research through one unified voice. Represents
the interests of patients and its members on relevant statutory committees,
and on national and international forums.
Men Against Cancer
Irish Cancer Society, 43–45 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4
Tel: 1800 380 380, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 231 0555
Email: support@irishcancer.ie Web: www.cancer.ie
A support group for men with prostate cancer, established in partnership
with the Irish Cancer Society. It provides men and their relatives and friends
with information, advice and emotional support from the time of diagnosis
and for as long as it is needed. All members of the group are volunteers who
have had treatment for prostate cancer. They are carefully selected following
recovery and are trained to give information and reassurance. This service is
on a one-to-one basis and is confidential.
Men’s Networking Resource Centre of Ireland
7 Sillogue Road, Ballymun, Dublin 11
Tel: (01) 862 2194, 9.30am – 4.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 862 3160
Email: mensnetwork@hotmail.com
Lobbies for social change regarding the issues that discriminate against
men, women and children in society, particularly in areas such as family law,
homelessness, child protection and domestic violence. Provides one-to-one
counselling, family mediation, family law consultancy, support with housing
and accommodation, referral services, domestic violence support, supervised
child access, parenting support, information and support on social welfare,
and a drop-in centre for men.
Mental Health Commission
St Martin’s House, Waterloo Road, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 636 2400, 9.00am – 5.30pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 636 2440
Email: info@mhcirl.ie Web: www.mhcirl.ie
Independent statutory body, established under the Mental Health Act 2001.
Aims to foster and promote high standards of care and best practice in the
delivery of mental health services and to ensure that the interests of persons
involuntarily admitted are protected. Functions include the following: the
appointment of the inspectorate of mental health services; the preparation
and monitoring of rules and codes of practice for those working in the
mental health services; the formation and maintenance of the register of
approved centres; the establishment of the independent review system for
those involuntarily admitted.
Mental Health Ireland
Mensana House, 6 Adelaide Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Tel: (01) 284 1166, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 284 1736
Email: information@mentalhealthireland.ie
Web: www.mentalhealthireland.ie
Aims to promote mental health and to actively support persons with a
mental illness, their families and carers by identifying their needs and
advocating their rights. A nationwide network of mental health associations
is affiliated and shares the same aims and objectives.
Migraine Association of Ireland
Unit 14, Block 5, Port Tunnel Business Park, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17
Tel: (01) 894 1280, 9.30am – 5.30pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 802 2044
Helpline: 1850 200 378, 10.00am – 4.00pm Mon to Fri
Email: info@migraine.ie Web: www.migraine.ie
Provides information, support and reassurance to migraine sufferers.
Members receive various publications and notices of seminars and
meetings in their area. Supports research and patient support workshops
at the Headache/Migraine Clinic, Beaumont Hospital
MABS
Email: helpline@mabs.ie Web: www.mabs.ie
Contact details for MABS local offices are available from the website, the
MABS helpline or the local telephone directory. Provides information and
advice to people in debt or in danger of getting into debt. There are over 60
offices nationwide. MABS offers a free, confidential, independent and nonjudgmental
service. The service is funded by the Department of Social and
Family Affairs.
Mothers’ Union Ireland, The
Mothers’ Union Office, St Michan’s Church, Church Street, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 873 5075, 9.00am – 1.30pm Tues and Fri Fax: (01) 873 5075
Email: office@mothersunion.ie Web: www.mothersunion.ie
Concerned with all that strengthens and preserves marriage and Christian
family life. Monitors moral, social and economic forces affecting families.
MOVE Ireland – Men Overcoming Violence
Carmichael Centre, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 872 4357, 9.30am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 873 5737
Email: moveireland@eircom.net
Voluntary organisation offering group work programmes to men who are
violent and abusive in their intimate relationships with women. MOVE
sees domestic violence as including a range of behaviours such as physical
and sexual violence, and emotional and psychological abuse, as well as the
threat of violence.
There are MOVE groups in the following areas: Cork 086 069 1834;
Castlebar (094) 902 1511; Dublin (01) 872 4357; Galway (091) 536 400;
Kildare 086 172 1938; Limerick/Clare 086 172 2043;
Midlands 086 172 1564; North Tipperary (067) 27 882; Wicklow 086 821 7253.
MRCS – Marriage and Relationship Counselling Services
38 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 678 5256 Lo-call: 1890 380380 Fax: (01) 678 5260
Email: info@mrcs.ie Web: www.mrcs.ie
Irish Institute of Couple Counselling Tel: (01) 644 3906
Marriage Preparation Courses Tel: (01) 644 3091
Provides marriage and relationship counselling, psychosexual therapy,
separation and/or divorce counselling, marriage preparation courses,
marriage maintenance courses, courses for people who are separating or
divorced, and training and education services to schools and professional
groups.
MS Ireland – The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland
80 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 678 1600, 9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 678 1601
Telephone Helpline: 1850 233 233, additional helpline hours 6.30pm –
9.30pm Tues and Thurs
Email: info@ms-society.ie Web: www.ms-society.ie
The mission of MS Ireland is to enable and empower people affected by MS
to live the life of their choice to their fullest potential. To achieve this, MS
Ireland offers support and information through a number of key services: 10
professionally staffed regional offices; living with MS programmes, activities
and workshops; confidential helpline; respite care centre; 41 voluntary
branches nationwide; professional counselling; advocacy and lobbying;
publications and factsheets.
Muintir na Tire
Canon Hayes House, Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
Tel: (062) 51 163, 9.30am – 5.30pm Mon to Fri Fax: (062) 51 200
Email: headoffice@muintir.ie Web: www.muintir.ie
Aims: to actively support local communities in organising and developing
their capacity to respond effectively to identified needs and problems;
to promote a spirit of community service in working for the common
good.
Muscular Dystrophy Ireland – MDI
71–72 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 872 1501, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri
Freefone: 1800 245 300 Fax: (01) 872 4482
Email: info@mdi.ie Web: www@mdi.ie
Provides information, advice and support to people with neuromuscular
conditions and their families.
