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Denmark’s social housing model shows how government initiatives can build sustainable and affordable housing for mixed communities
Mental health
Preparing to move from primary school to secondary starts now, not in September
A new school can feel like an alien experience. Everything is different
‘Unrealistic expectations’ from parents fuelling teacher burnout, study finds
Almost half of teachers surveyed in North said they would consider quitting
Men might have coined the term, but women invented ‘looksmaxxing’
Unthinkable: Looksmaxxing in its radical form is unsettling, involving everything from ‘bone-smashing’ to using crystal meth for weight management
A family’s Roaccutane story: ‘I never thought something like this could happen’
Anne Enright died by suicide at the age of 16 in 2024 five days after coming off a six-month course of the acne treatment
Care assistant found vulnerable patient ‘drained’ of blood by brother, court hears
Accused pleads not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity
‘He’s clearly not well’: Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour revives mental health debate
As the US president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced
Contrary to popular belief, loving relationships and talking about feelings are not new phenomena
‘We didn’t talk about these things in my day’ seems to cover whatever range is convenient, and it never holds up
Debt shame: ‘I was going to lose my home ... It was one of the darkest times’
Thousands of households are trapped in long-term mortgage arrears, and now fuel debt and buy-now-pay-later schemes are affecting many more
The British government has no business in banning Kanye West from the country
Free-speech absolutism is the only logical position in modern democracy. Yes, even when the speech is as base and bigoted as this
Cancer, depression, Parkinson’s disease ... let me tell you why I’m feeling stronger and happier
Despite several disease diagnoses over the past decade, I’m now a much stronger, happier and better version of myself
The two-way relationship between depression and heart disease
Despite the established links, people with heart disease are rarely assessed for signs of psychological illness
Toxic overconfidence is on the rise
Unhealthy kind of confidence is on the rise - an arrogance that tips into hubris
Pádraig O’Hora: ‘My answer isn’t in the pub. My answer is in the sea or it’s on the mountain’
The ex-Mayo footballer is always searching for peace of mind – over the next two months, he will try to find it on the world’s highest mountain
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
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
We risk over-diagnosing anxiety. There’s another way to look at it
The intense focus on our emotions and internal mental states without considering what is causing them can have problematic side effects
Tech makes cancelling plans with friends frictionless, but there is a real cost
A mutual contract to show up for each other, especially when it’s hard, is what builds real relationships
Finding healing spaces: ‘Going on this retreat was a turning point for me’
Getting the right support at the right time is key to managing trauma
In praise of rugby star Caelan Doris for opening up on therapy and mental health
His openness and honesty about his mental health will hopefully serve as a catalyst
Just one facility inspected by Mental Health Commission fully compliant with regulations
Instances of ‘critical-risk’ and ‘high-risk’ relating to premises and privacy identified at Co Waterford ward
When people describe others as ‘suffering with nerves’, I wonder if they say it about me too
‘How is your mental health?’ a friend boomed at me recently, sensing, I suppose, that I was off
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