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Mental health charity encourages overwhelmed students to access free support group

A national mental health charity is encouraging students feeling overwhelmed by exam stress to avail of a free weekly support group. Turn2Me - a charity offering counselling and peer support services to people over the age of 12 - runs the online ...

13 Jun 2022 at 22:00

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Men had higher rate of death during Covid-19 - WHO's Dr Mike Ryan

Men have had a a higher death rate from Covid-19 but women suffered more socially and economically, Dr Mike Ryan of the WHO has said. Women and girls have experienced the pandemic in a very different way across the world to men, he said. Mr Ryan,...

08 Sept 2021 at 20:39

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Almost 5,000 people on waiting lists at Sligo University Hospital

The Government cannot continue to sit back and leave a vacuum in health policy when tens of thousands of patients are waiting months and in many cases years for appointments and procedures, according to Fianna Fáil TD for Sligo-Leitrim Marc Mac ...

31 May 2017 at 13:00

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Do you have to bribe your kids to eat healthy?

In a new online poll conducted by the Irish Heart Foundation, 80% of parents admitted it was hard to get their children to eat at mealtimes, with nearly a quarter of parents having to bribe their children to eat their dinner. The Irish Heart ...

19 Sept 2016 at 11:52

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Mental Health Ireland invites people around the country to ask How Are You?

A survey has found that around 20 per cent of people are not confident of knowing how to support friends in difficulty or having mental health problems. Mental Health Ireland has teamed up with Iarnród Éireann to invite the nation to say ...

12 Mar 2023 at 14:00

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Childline receives worrying number of calls on Christmas Day and night

Volunteers with Childline, Ireland’s 24-hour active listening service for children and young people, answered 723 calls, online contacts and texts from children and young people across the country on Christmas Day and Night. The impact ...

26 Dec 2020 at 19:24

Lifestyle

Lockdown lessons your hair stylist wants you to learn from!

Lockdown hasn’t been an easy time by any means but some good has certainly come from this enforced time-out from the hustle and bustle of modern life. Hairstylists across the globe rejoiced as salons reopened and they found their ...

07 Aug 2020 at 12:10

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Aware seeks volunteers to join its Support Team

Aware, Ireland’s national organisation providing support, education and information services for those impacted by depression and bipolar disorder, is seeking new volunteers to join it’s Support Team. Aware relies on the passion ...

02 Jan 2024 at 14:30

Lifestyle

Aim for progress not perfection with your New Year Resolutions warns mental health charity

Turn2Me, a national mental health charity, is encouraging people to “aim for progress, not perfection” in their New Year’s Resolutions. The charity said that many people set unrealistic New Year’s Resolutions for themselves, ...

02 Jan 2024 at 11:06

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Urgent need for provision of additional respite places

Some carers are looking after people 24/7 and urgently needed respite said Cllr Mary Bohan who proposed that the council call on the Minister for Health and the HSE to address the urgent need for the provision of additional ...

10 Jul 2023 at 09:00

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12 patients on trolleys in Sligo Hospital today

Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives' Organisation for today, Friday, November 18 shows that there are 12 patients on trolleys in Sligo University Hospital. In Letterkenny General Hospital there are 14 people on ...

18 Nov 2016 at 13:13

Lifestyle

WATCH: New Mental Health Ireland campaign encourages people to say ‘Hello’ and ask ‘How, Are You?’

Hello, How Are You? is a simple yet effective mental health promotion campaign developed by Mental Health Ireland, that encourages people to say ‘Hello’ and ask ‘How, Are You?’ The idea behind the 'Hello, How are you?...

28 Mar 2022 at 14:00

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