Missing Persons - Key contact organisations

The following list of key support organisations is by no means exhaustive but seeks to include many wonderful organisations, national and local, frontline and voluntary, that have provided support to families and friends of missing persons. Several of the organisations listed below have supported Ireland’s Missing Persons Day for many years.

It is hoped that this information will serve as a starting point for families and friends of missing persons. There are numerous community groups and collectives across the country that provide varied and welcome supports and it is open to you to make contact with your own local community organisations in addition to organisations from the list below:

• Abbeyfeale District Search and Rescue - adsarhq@gmail.com
• Alzheimer Society of Ireland info@alzheimer.ie, 1800 341 341
• National Ambulance Service Ireland - website www.nationalambulanceservice.ie, 112 / 999
• Barnardos - website, www.barnardos.ie, email - info@barnardos.ie , 01 453 0355
• Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue and Recovery Service committee@boynerescue.net, 041 980 4876 086 844 0993
• Civil Defence, email - civildefence@defence.ie, 0505 25310
• Cork City Missing Persons, email - ccmpsar@gmail.comccmpsar@gmail.com
• Search & Recovery - websitewww.missing.ie, 087 960 9885
• Fire Services Visit your local authority website
• Focus Ireland, email - help@focusireland.ie, 018815900
• Garda Confidential Line - Telephone: 1800 666 111
• Human Remains Services Ireland, email - forensic@hrsi.ie, 085 711 2399
• Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains, email - Secretary@iclvr.ie, GB & IRL 00800-55585500, International +353 1 602 8655 or Post to: ICLVR, PO Box 10827
• Irish Cave Rescue Organisation, email - info@caving.ie
• Irish Coast Guard, email - admin@irishcoastguard.ie, 112 / 999
• Irish Search Dogs, email - suzanne@irishsearchdogs.com
• Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children info@ispcc.ie , 116000
• Irish Underwater Council, email - info@diving.ie, 01 284 4601
• Mountain Rescue Ireland - website www.mountainrescue.ie, email - secretary@mountainrescue.ie
• National Missing Persons Helpline - website www.missingpersons.ie, 1800 442 552
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution - website [external-link www.rnli.org | www.rnli.org ]
• Searching for the Missing, email - toshlavery@yahoo.co.uk
• Simon Communities of Ireland, email - communications@simoncommunity.com, 01 671 1606
• Tusla, email - info@tusla.ie, 01 771 8500