A quarter of children on Camhs list are waiting more than nine months
Mary Butler says 1,110 children waiting in excess of nine months to access mental health service at end of last December
Mental health
National Concert Hall, auto-enrolment pensions, and children’s mental health waiting lists
Early Edition: Ireland’s ageing swimming pools and PSNI trials ‘kids courts’ scheme
Addictive by design: this is the verdict every parent has been waiting for
The real win from this case will be if tech firms are forced to change the way their products are designed
‘Every day is a milestone’: How specialist schools support teens in deep mental health crisis
Specialist schools support children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties who are temporarily absent from mainstream school
Spanish woman (25) who won legal battle for right to end her life dies by euthanasia
Noelia Castillo had struggled with psychiatric illness since she was a teen and had been sexually assaulted
‘I believe in the power of compassion’: Senator forgives man jailed for threatening to kill him
Tiglin founder Aubrey McCarthy says death threats ‘shook our sense of security’ but he holds no bitterness towards former resident of addiction charity
HSE must find places for vulnerable patients after removal from UK hospital ordered
NHS decision in relation to St Andrew’s Healthcare in Northampton a ‘bolt from the blue’, High Court president says
‘It’s just there on your phone’: Why millions of people are using AI for therapy
Researchers are beginning to see bots repurposed for emotional support in lieu of traditional mental healthcare
HSE ‘will have blood on their hands’ if highly vulnerable child not alive and safe on Monday
Youth needs to be ‘seen swiftly’ by a psychiatric team and ‘admitted’ to hospital ‘for his own safety’
The cost of defending cases: solicitors push back on plan to change how lawyers are paid through criminal legal aid
‘There’s a world of difference between theft of a Creme Egg and mortgage fraud,’ says one lawyer
Major gaps in mental health services for older people, figures show
‘Remarkable deficit’ in services for people over 65, TD says, 20 years on from Department of Health document
Flood victims experience fear, anger and despair, study finds
Irish university study finds rise in post-traumatic stress, chronic anxiety and depression after weather events
‘If you have one diagnosis, you end up with 10’: Are we over-medicating mental distress?
One study found 85% of adults met the criteria for two or more major mental disorders
‘Violence was the way it came out’: Young carers highlight realities of their work
President says family carers save State billions by contributing millions of hours of hours of unpaid work every week
In Limerick, a new mental health approach diverts people in crisis away from Garda cells
The Cast model aims to redirect people suffering from acute mental health crises away from the trauma of detention and towards the care they need
Dave Hannigan: Suicide of a young star the latest instalment in NFL’s increasingly bleak narrative
Rondale Moore of the Minnesota Vikings was found dead in his garage from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
Man threatened partner while ‘furious’ after paternity test showed child was not his
Suspended sentence for Laurence Nolan (35), who caused criminal damage to woman’s home and pushed garda, causing him to fall
The changing face of addiction: ‘Some people were first using drugs in their 50s and 60s’
The prevalence of multiple addictions makes supporting people much more complex
‘My partner lives in terror of Covid-19. We even had to cancel our wedding’
Ask Roe: ‘She insists I wear a mask all day, and we have separate bedrooms and bathrooms’
‘He was failed when he needed help the most’: Calls for separate units for mental health emergencies
Joe Loughnane says his brother Alan died in 2025 after being let down by an inadequate system
Really getting lost in a good book is one way to find better mental health
Ireland Reads Day on February 28th is a government initiative to celebrate the joy of reading
Garda feared for his life when dragged six metres by motorist, court hears
The garda no longer has the confidence to work ‘on the front line’
Nick Reiner pleads not guilty in murder of his parents Rob and Michele
Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder for the killing of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner in December 2025
Family of woman killed by partner with mental illness speak out on ‘double tragedy’
‘There’s nothing to forgive,’ say sisters of Maud Coffey, whose partner was found not guilty of her murder by reason of insanity
What can be done to improve shambolic mental health service for younger people in Kerry?
It is somehow ironic that the services have succeeded in substantially reducing the use of physical restraint, yet the entire system continues under this restraining governance model
Unspeakable by Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne: Human triumph after trauma
If you are therapy-curious, a therapist or simply interested in the tenacity of the human spirit, this is for you
Number of female rough sleepers reaches ‘unprecedented’ levels in Limerick, committee hears
Addiction causing women to engage in risky behaviour ‘including survival sex’ and ‘violent personal relationships’
HSE chief apologises for ‘unacceptable’ child mental health failures in north Kerry
Bernard Gloster says he is ‘truly sorry’ for harm caused to children accessing service
In North Kerry Camhs, children were far more likely to be medicated than receive talk therapy
Families have spoken out about children who attended services seeking help but as a shell of their former selves
Review finds 209 children treated by north Kerry Camhs were at risk of potential harm
Taoiseach says there must be ‘accountability from a clinical perspective’
No option but to order man to Central Mental Hospital again despite lack of space, judge says
Psychiatric condition of Patrick Sibanyoni deteriorating in prison – but all beds in Portrane occupied
Mary Black: ‘It’s beginning to sink in, this goodbye is a bigger deal than I thought’
It’s the last Irish tour and the end of an era for the national treasure as she prepares to take her final bow
Kiss all the time. Dystopia, occasionally: YA reads for February
Miranda Reason’s debut novel, Day of Now, and new books from Sarah Crossan, Sonora Reyes, Amie Kaufman and KL Kettle
What I’ve learned after a month of avoiding my phone
I’ve read nine books, written every day and learnt how to use a sewing machine. It’s not that I have more time, but I am in command of where it goes
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