Accord offers 8 thousand counselling hours in the west

Galway Bay fm newsroom - Almost 8 thousand counselling hours were delivered in the West by Accord last year.

According to its latest figures, 2 and a half thousand people attended marriage preparation courses in Tuam, Galway and other areas in the west and north east region.

Nationally there was an increase of more than 7 percent in demand for marriage preparation courses with Accord.

It's an agency of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference.