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Money Advice and Budgeting Services – MABS
Department of Social and Family Affairs, 157–164 Townsend Street,
Dublin 2
Tel: 1890 283 438, 9.00am – 8.00pm Mon to Fri
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.
Publications: Wide range of secular and spiritual literature on family life.
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. Men are asked to take responsibility for their violence
and to commit themselves to attending weekly group work sessions for a
minimum of six months. MOVE provides support and safety planning for
women partners of group participants.
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.
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