Service cuts to Pieta House leave some of Cork's most vulnerable people at risk; staff let go and fears for Shanakiel centre

Pieta revealed recently that the service is managing a significant budget shortfall in 2020 of around €6.5m as a result of the loss of its Darkness into Light event.
Although more than €2m was raised over the weekend, between a broadcast appeal on The Late Late Show and people taking part in a Sunrise Appeal on Saturday, the suicide prevention service has been forced to implement several cost-cutting measures, including redundancies and salary reductions of up to 30% for all staff.
Pieta said that these measures are needed to ensure that the delivery of services to clients can be protected now, and over the long term.
However, staff in Cork have spoken of their fears for the future of the service and have expressed anger at the treatment by senior management of staff as well as vulnerable service users of Pieta House.