Homecare hours increase, free contraception age rises: What has the budget done for health?
Next year’s budget provided an additional €1.8 billion for the health service
Mental health
Almost half of young adults cite cost issue in seeking mental health support, says survey
Mental Health Ireland says people are turning to exercise, time with family and friends, and nature
Should I start a message with ‘I hope you’re well’? If not well, should I say so?
Suppose I’m in the depths of existential dejection; are you really ready for me to offload my feelings on you?
Doing business with Olive: The sports star, the fitness guru and the minister
Kavanagh boasted of his connections with Tánaiste Simon Harris and proposed hosting a podcast with him
Sacked garda spared jail for control and coercion of wife over three years
Judge Keenan Johnson imposed an 18-month suspended sentence and ordered David Reynolds to pay €10,000 in compensation
‘If you don’t like it, don’t come’: proud locals bristle at Blackpool’s dark tourism reputation
It has always been a hotspot for fun, sticks of rock and rollercoasters, but now it also has a surfeit of addicts and deprivation
Thousands of prisoners unable to use toilet privately amid ‘severe’ overcrowding
People needing psychiatric care or access to mental health supports ‘routinely being imprisoned’, report finds
How psychoeducation can help with depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
Every psychoeducation course should be designed to empower people to live rich and fulfilling lives
DPP appeals former priest’s ‘unduly lenient’ sentence for sexual abuse of his three sisters
Paula Fay, Catherine Wrightstone and Yvonne Crist voiced concern over term imposed on Richard Brennan
‘Worrying amount of anxiety’ – survey points to living costs as key mental health strain
St Patrick’s Mental Health Services sees ‘noticeable increase’ in those seeking support amid lessening stigma
Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis: ‘It’s not for everyone. But I feel very alive when I watch it’
Dublin Theatre Festival 2026: Sarah Kane’s final play is a dispatch from the frontline of human experience, according to Tom Creed and Marty Rea
Hope amid the dangers of tech, magic, and bad breakups: this month’s YA recommendations
New books for teen readers from Máire Zepf, Kelechi Okafor, Elizabeth Acevedo and Catherine Doyle
The case for meditation in Irish education
Convention on Education should consider that wellbeing of pupils is not merely an adjunct to learning
‘I was in crisis’: Dublin woman did not want ‘to be alive’ before finding support
Case study: Mother and daughter were both struggling with mental health issues and sought help from Barnardos
Presley Gerber, son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, dies aged 27
The former model had spoken out about his mental health and long-term addiction struggles
Gurriers singer Dan Hoff: ‘I try to talk about my mental-health issues the same as a common cold’
Postpunk band are upfront about having accumulated hard-won wisdom since they formed in 2020 before lockdown
Mark Little: ‘Protests against data centres is the biggest wave of civic activism since the 1960s’
The broadcaster turned entrepreneur on messianic tech billionaires, and his new book tracking his journey from tech-optimism to disillusionment to a new cautious hope
Happy, Thank You. More, Please: A candid story of learning to value your own happiness
Kyla Cobbler shares her frequently ‘laugh-out-loud funny’ experience of childhood, toxic relationships, mental health struggles and inspiring journey to self-love
Training without mandatory personal therapy falls short of professional requirements
Vulnerable individuals will bear the cost of misguided approach by Coru
Anxiety ‘most prevalent mental health difficulty’ for secondary school students
Self-harming behaviours and suicidal ideation are also identified as issues in survey
Should therapists be in therapy? Unpacking the rift over psychotherapy standards in Ireland
Training of psychotherapists is a matter of ongoing dispute between professionals and Coru, the State’s health regulator
The age of the exciting smartphone launch is over, but is a new sort of device on its way?
Will an audience raised on that endless video scroll really be seduced by a screenless box?
Kyla Cobbler: ‘With coercive control, I didn’t understand what was happening’
The Cork-born comedian on abuse, ambition, motherhood and right-wing undercurrents in Ireland
World Suicide Prevention Day: an important interruption
You never know what difference that human connection could make
‘I see things a little differently’: How to overcome conflict in your relationship
Relationships and community: To move forward with anything, it’s vital to learn how to co-operate with people with whom you strongly disagree
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: ‘Dad is at my brother’s grave most days and keeps the candle on it lit’
I’m grateful social media didn’t exist in my early career – I don’t know if I would have had the fortitude to deal with the criticism
Loneliness: There’s a reason why we use the term ‘power of connection’
Men’s Sheds are a perfect example of how to form close bonds and focus on the quality, rather than the quantity, of connections
Healthcare seeing AI integrated into everyday practices, PwC says
More than one in five consumers said they ‘would be open’ to using drugs like Ozempic
Loneliness in early motherhood: ‘I can’t keep calling my mum up here every day’
Irish Times readers on their experience of loneliness – and of finding community – in their first months as a mum
‘It’s like going for a coffee with a friend’: Finding mental health solace in a cafe
Solace cafes aim to provide an alternative to traditional psychiatric emergency care
Pressure on frontline services
Without urgent Government action, rising demand will continue to place frontline services under increasing strain
Most primary and secondary students refused to go to school at least once last year
Anxiety, difficulties engaging with lessons and friendship problems cited as reasons in Barnardos study
Ryan Caldwell: ‘I don’t have a lot of material things but I’ve never felt as rich as I do now’
The former Ireland international talks about finding peace after injuries, drug abuse and prison
‘Loneliness and isolation are among the most alarming challenges young people now face’
Persistent loneliness can have a profound impact on young people’s mental health – but there are ways to address it
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