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Blanchardstown community to hold mental health 'walk and talk' to fight suicide 'crisis'
Mental Health
Community activists Laura McMahon told Dublin Live that a number of people are reported to have taken their own lives in the area in recent months - most of whom are men under the age of 30
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'Frozen' psych patient's desperate plea to Central Mental Hospital to fix heating
HSE
The HSE prevented the note from being released as it continued to insist there were "no ongoing issues" with heating at the new €220 million facility
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Fun-packed family Sunday at charity emergency services open day
Dublin Fire Brigade
All donations made on the day will go towards supporting the Front Line MoBros Movember campaign
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Friends of Suicide Loss walk to take place in Dublin this month
Mental Health
Friends of Suicide Loss have been running the annual "Mourning Has Broken" walk for the last six years
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Marathon skate coming to Dublin to raise funds for mental health charity
Mental Health
The skaters will make their way from St Anne's Park to Fairview Park
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Dublin mum of teen battling anorexia to stage protest outside Department of Health
Mental Health
Skerries teen Arabella Hanley had to wait for over a year before she was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa
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'I am a therapist - here is how to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder in the colder months'
Mental Health
Approximately 1 in 15 Irish people are affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder
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Charity’s campaign warns women in abusive relationships at risk of suicide
Mental Health
44 per cent of young women subjected to intimate relationship abuse experienced suicidal thoughts, worrying data shows
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Parents to run Dublin Marathon in honour of young son who died by suicide
Dublin Marathon
24-year-old Ross McCarthy died in May and his parents Conor and Cathy are hoping to raise €10,000 for national suicide bereavement charity HUGG
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Blanchardstown Shopping Centre announces fabulous discounts for major shopping bonanza
Shopping
Blanchardstown Centre is teaming up with Mental Health Ireland for the major shopping and fundraising event this weekend
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Free mental health webinar comes to Dublin next month
Health
The event is being held to mark World Mental Health Day
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The Blindboy Podcast at Vicar Street: Tickets, stage times and everything you need to know
Vicar Street
Here's what you need to know ahead of his show this evening
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Leaving Cert 2023: How to help students deal with disappointment
Leaving Cert
A mental health expert lists five things that caregivers can do to help disappointed Leaving Cert students
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Meet the Dublin lad who rode a Onewheel 240km to Galway for charity
Mental Health
The TikTok star did the gruelling 240 km-long journey while only carrying water, Red Bull, and popcorn for sustenance
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Childhood friends from Dublin to cycle 2,000km for three major Irish charities
Charity
Each of the Donabate lads have picked a charity close to heart
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Major crisis in Dublin mental health services as patient step-down unit to shut
Mental Health
It follows the removal in May 2022 of almost half the beds in the capital's Child and Adolescent mental health services
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Selfless Dublin man raises tens of thousands of euro for local suicide support group
Finglas
Proud Finglas man Paul Hennessy, who has lived all his life in the north Dublin area has raised over €31,000 in vital funds for the Finglas Suicide Support and Suicide Prevention Network since 2020
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Little-known signs your teenager might be struggling - and how to help
Parenting
A behavioural psychologist explains little-known signs of mental health struggles in teens parents and caregivers should watch out for, as well as psychologist-approved strategies on how to help
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Tragic Celine Cawley's daughter tells how horses helped her overcome trauma
Mental Health
Georgia Cawley has appealed for help to find a home for a new care centre that uses horses to aid children with special needs
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'I was misdiagnosed multiple times, but now I help people who have ADHD like me'
Mental Health
It took Ailin years and a lot of money to get the correct diagnosis and she was shocked at the lack of resources available to people after that so she decided to become an ADHD coach and help them
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Over 2,200 prisoners referred to mental health services last year as waiting lists grow
Health
One Deputy claims that the lack of mental health support is leading to prisoners re-offending when released
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Devastated Andrew McGinley hopes HSE report on death of his 3 kids will save lives
Mental Health
Andrew knows the details of how his children died when they were killed by their mother Deirdre Morley
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Devastated Andrew McGinley among parents critical of new homicide study that includes murder-suicide
Mental Health
Mr McGinley says that recommendations need to be written into law or they're "not worth the paper they’re written on'
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Top tips on coping with exam stress for young people
Leaving Cert
Local and online services report young people reaching out for support due to increasing Leaving Cert-related anxiety and stress
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