Mental health

US-style abortion wars are reaching Kenya

Campaigners say growing anti-abortion activism, legal challenges and new forms of scrutiny are making reproductive healthcare harder to access

‘They are ashamed to come forward’: Men experiencing domestic abuse reluctant to get help, says charity

Men’s Aid Ireland reports more calls about encouragement to suicide by partners

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: What will you do with a perfect six-pack if you haven’t someone to share your life with?

Dr Rangan Chatterjee on ‘junk connections’, biohacking and why people need to trust themselves

Man advanced towards gardaí and said ‘shoot me, shoot me, shoot me’, trial hears

Robert O’Connor fatally stabbed his parents and younger special needs brother at their family home in Co Louth

Addictive online features should be disabled by default, report on use by children finds

Blanket social media ban for under-16s would ‘unlikely provide’ comprehensive solution to harms

Psychotherapy groups must be heard to ensure the safety of vulnerable clients

State must step up to its responsibility and listen to representative bodies

Mental health of students must be prioritised across campus under new framework

Students see wellbeing as foundation rather than add-on to college success

Irish cosy gaming: Where the stakes are low and the stress is lower

Forget about high-octane car chases. Sushi on Wheels and Éalú are about relaxation, creativity and mindfulness

Half of HSE regions have ‘eaten into’ next year’s budget due to overruns, Minister says

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said steps are being taken to prevent the overruns from reaching the billion figure

As the class of 2026 begins college, a masked shadow lingers

We should not forget that the chaos caused by Covid can still be impacting on young adults as they begin the next chapter

Free contraception for women under 37 and homecare hours boost: Inside Budget 2027’s health package

Next year’s budget provided an additional €1.8 billion for the health service

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

Pressure on frontline services

Without urgent Government action, rising demand will continue to place frontline services under increasing strain

‘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

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