Mental Health Commission

There has been a fall in the number of staff employed in the HSE’s youth mental health services, with 26 fewer employed in September compared to the b(...)

Karl Collins checked himself into Sligo’s St Columba’s mental health hospital at 9am on April 1, 2017. He was suffering from extreme anxiety and catas(...)

A solicitor has claimed she was subjected to discriminatory remarks because she is “a woman and a black African” when she sought to represent a client(...)

Over half of the prisoners in the country’s biggest prison, Mountjoy, are currently in protection regimes for their own safety due to gang violence. (...)

The Government has allocated €3 million next year for the establishment of a scheme to replace the much-criticised ward-of-court system, less than a t(...)

The Government does not intend to appeal a court ruling which found nearly 100 people are being unconstitutionally detained in mental health facilitie(...)

The new chief executive officer of the Mental Health Commission has said he wants to ensure the commission plays “a central role in the ongoing transf(...)

Mentally ill people are being involuntarily detained on foot of applications by family members instead of HSE personnel far too often, Ireland’s ment(...)

The process for being locked up against your will as a result of a mental illness is surprisingly simple. First a competent adult fills out a form – (...)

Concerns have been raised around the welfare of residents in two mental health facilities in Cork and Dublin after inspectors identified problems in r(...)