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Gardai to consider investigating failings of Kerry child mental health service

Gardai are to consider whether there are grounds to begin a criminal investigation following a highly critical review of south Kerry mental health services. Earlier, Micheál Martin has said he will pursue a “non-adversarial” mechanism to deal with ...

29 Jan 2022 at 11:44

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Ireland’s youth mental health services ‘beyond emergency’

The head of a youth charity has warned Ireland’s youth mental health services are “beyond emergency” stage. Spunout chief executive Ian Power said it is a “huge injustice” to young people that services are not available at the level that is ...

27 Dec 2022 at 11:00

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New resources available to tackle mental health stigma in the workplace

With just over one in five people experiencing discrimination at work due to a mental health difficulty, new resources have been launched to support people with mental health in the workplace Following a recent survey which revealed that ...

20 Mar 2023 at 11:15

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Nenagh councillor told out-of-hours-mental health services run until 3am

The out-of-hours mental health service in north Tipperary operates for 11 hours per day, seven days a week, including holiday periods, Cllr Seamus Morris has been told. Cllr Morris raised coverage at the February meeting of the West ...

08 Mar 2023 at 17:15

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Child mental health services failing and in need of radical overhaul – watchdog

The HSE’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) “should be immediately regulated” by the Mental Health Commission (MHC), according to a major report from the independent watchdog. CAMHS is a specialist mental health ...

26 Jul 2023 at 13:06

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HSE ‘genuinely sorry’ after report finds failings in youth mental health service

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has apologised to people who had a bad experience with its child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) after a damning review found CAMHS to be “a failing system that needs a radical ...

26 Jul 2023 at 13:15

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WARNING: Mental health charity says services are stretched as referrals rise by 70%

A leading youth mental health charity has warned that services are being increasingly stretched as demand increases with their own referrals up by 70% in recent years. Jigsaw, the mental health charity, has warned that the ...

26 Jul 2023 at 12:18

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Nenagh councillor calls for rollout of PAM ambulances for mental health patients

A Tipperary councillor has called for the use of PAMs (Psychiatric emergency response teams) in Tipperary. Cllr Seamus Morris said that in one of his first acts as a Tipperary County Council representative on the Regional ...

29 Jan 2023 at 11:00

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Tipperary TD joins call to suspend Dáil over report on child mental health services

Independent Tipperary TD Michael Lowry and the members of the Independent Regional Group have submitted a request to the Ceann Comhairle to suspend Dáil Éireann this Tuesday to ensure that the Minister for Health ...

23 Jan 2023 at 19:45

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Children’s hospitals ‘seeing astronomical number of young people self-harming’

Children’s hospitals are dealing with an “astronomical” number of self-harm presentations, two leading psychiatrists have warned. Dr Mary Cannon, consultant psychiatrist and member of the College of ...

02 Jan 2023 at 11:00

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No consultant child psychiatrist working full-time in Kerry, HSE says

There is no full-time consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist working in Co Kerry, a senior HSE representative has said. Reviews into Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in ...

19 Feb 2026 at 09:22

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Seven child psychiatrists working ‘mix of full and part-time’ in Kerry

There are seven child psychiatrists working in Kerry, according to the Health Service Executive, equating to 3.7 full-time consultants in the region. These consultants are working a mix of ...

19 Feb 2026 at 18:28

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