PRESS RELEASE
17 June 2008
Bishop Bill Murphy to open new Cura Outreach Service in Dingle, Co Kerry
Ms Caroline Spillane, Director of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency, said, “We are delighted to fund this expansion of Cura’s new Outreach Centre in Dingle in Kerry. I hope that the Saturday opening hours will facilitate women,who might be working or attending school or college during the week, to access these confidential and non-judgemental services. I would like to thank the volunteers in Kerry who have given their time to setting-up and staffing the service.”
Ms Ann Coffey, Coordinator of the Kerry Centre said, “by providing the Outreach Centre we are making our services more accessible to those who need it. Our purpose is to take the crisis out of a pregnancy.”
You, or a representative, are invited to the official launch of this new CURA Outreach Service in Dingle. Details are as follows:
Venue: The Skellig Hotel, Dingle, Co. Kerry
Time and date: 4.00 pm on Wednesday 18 June 2008
In attendance: Bishop Bill Murphy, Bishop of Kerry; Ms Louise Graham, National Coordinator of Cura; Ms Anne Coffey, Coordinator of the Tralee Cura Centre; Ms Sarah Ryan, Crisis Pregnancy Agency; Cura counsellors and representatives from local service providers.
Notes to Editors
The centre is situated at Dingle Primary Care Centre, Green Street, Dingle. It is open every Saturday from 2.00 pm to 4.00pm. and the telephone number is: 0667127355 or Lo Call 1850 622 626.
Cura is an agency of the Irish Bishops’ Conference and was established in 1977. Cura provides a range of crisis pregnancy counselling services through its 16 centres and 2 Outreach Centres.
The work of Cura has been supported by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency since 2002. Throughout 2008, Cura will be receiving €600,000 to provide crisis pregnancy counselling services in 16 centres and 2 outreach services, including Dingle. In 2007 a total of 6500 clients contacted Cura.
Cura services include:
– Free pregnancy testing
– Crisis Pregnancy Counselling Support
– Information on social welfare and other rights and entitlements
– Linking client with other support services as required
– Making links with agencies providing accommodation as required
– Post Abortion counselling
– Crisis pregnancy counselling to baby’s father and other family members
– School Awareness Programme
– Post Abortion counselling and support for partner and other family members
Further information on CURA is available at www.cura.ie
ENDS
Further information:
Brenda Drumm, Communications Officer (087 233 7797)
Noreen Keane, Cura PRO (087 778 1777)
Cura National Office 01 5053040 Fax. 01 6292364
