
Web Summit alumnus raises $1.25m for mental health platform
- Technology
- January 14, 2021, 04:45
Dublin-headquartered Frankie Health, a start-up that has developed a technology platform aimed at supporting employee mental wellbeing, has raised $1.(...)

How is Dry January going? Here are five tips to help you along
- Health & Family
- January 7, 2021, 06:01
How is Dry January going? At this point being off the drink may have started to pinch. January is Health Month in The Irish Times. Througho(...)

Be kind and care for yourself this Christmas
- Health & Family
- December 20, 2020, 06:01
Christmas is a time for hope, joy, family gatherings, renewing connections and catching up on friendships. At least, this is our idealised picture of (...)

Now is the time to talk Christmas if you don’t live with your children
- Health & Family
- December 10, 2020, 06:01
It is that time of year when non-resident parents need to start talking to the other parent about what sort of involvement they will have with their c(...)

‘We assumed we could get rid of domestic violence in the 1970s’
- Health & Family
- November 26, 2020, 06:01
Earlier this month Kitty Holland reported on a HSE finding that a cluster of suicides among young women in West Dublin was due, at least partly, to do(...)

A rough guide to relationship survival: Other people are annoying . . . so are you
- Health & Family
- November 12, 2020, 06:01
Acknowledging the annoyingness of people is, I think, a key to getting through lockdowns with relationships in reasonable shape. Based on that acknow(...)

Calm down covidiots, it’s nothing personal
- Health & Family
- October 29, 2020, 06:01
Covidiot or covidiocy? My recent article on people who knowingly flout the safety rules on mask-wearing and social distancing drew an angry or concern(...)

Covid-19 impact on mental health will ‘come to fore’ in coming months
- Health
- October 17, 2020, 01:00
Anxiety, depression and work-related stress are common issues, but counsellor Bernie Hackett says that, due to Covid-19, they’ve become the predominan(...)

Covidiots of all ages are giving two fingers to everyone
- Health & Family
- October 15, 2020, 06:00
I watched, fascinated, one day recently as a group of men sat around one of those tables designed to look like a wooden barrel, with many empty pint g(...)

How to deal with anxiety from Covid and other events that are outside our control
- Health & Family
- October 1, 2020, 06:01
You don’t need me to tell you that levels of anxiety are surging – that’s the experience of a lot of people in the mental health field. Anxiety over (...)