Post-pandemic Ireland: 16 sweet ideas to improve our country
When Ireland returns to normal, it should be a better place than it used to be
Coping with Level 3 restrictions: ‘Take mini-breaks from Covid in your head’
Four mental-health experts on how to cope with the limited lives we’ve been asked to lead
How to be happy in a time of uncertainty
Panel of mental health experts offer tips on how to live with the new normal
Top 10 tips to save your life – or at least prolong it
Back pain is one of the main reasons why people take time off work but we now know that staying off work is unhelpful for back pain
Brent Pope: ‘I’m not ashamed to say I have had to go on antidepressants’
Rugby pundit says ‘ignorance’ around mental health should be challenged
An ecumenical matter: McAleese made canon at Christ Church
Development brings to mind president’s ‘wafergate’ furore of 1997
Why do we have so much trouble swallowing this pill?
Antidepressants are a lifeline to many but we still find them hard to discuss, so perhaps it’s about time to talk
Can talk therapies help?
‘Many people view going to a therapist as somewhere between the confessional and the court room,’ says Prof Jim Lucey
‘Every Irish family has a mental health problem’
Self-harm, anxiety and trauma have all increased in recent years, says Prof Jim Lucey
Sex abuse as child identified as main factor in patient’s condition
St Patrick’s Hospital patient says life damaged by lengthy benzodiazepines treatment
Dealing with the reality of being a carer
If carers stopped doing their work, it would be an enormous cost, both personally and financially, to the country. But they need our support to enable them to keep doing what they’re doing
Ireland’s mental health took a beating, says professor
Jim Lucey tells Merriman Summer School one in four will experience a mental disorder
Up close and personal: understanding Ireland’s emotional landscape
Self-expression is the timely theme of The Merriman Summer School
Free GP care for under-6s will require ‘far more GPs’
Draft contract for provision of free care for under-6s not deliverable, conference hears
People with mental health issues ‘waiting 10 years for diagnosis’
Prof Jim Lucey says new culture is needed where positive mental health is valued
Radio: Money talk is taxing, but happy talk doesn’t come cheap
Sean O’Rourke still has a newsreadery tendency on his RTÉ show – but his colleague John Murray made a poignantly light return to the airwaves this week
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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