Mental Health Commission

The policies of two psychiatric units in relation to the physical restraint of patients have been described as “totally unacceptable” by the State’s m(...)

Enforcement action has been taken against four inpatient psychiatric facilities over failures to meet appropriate standards following inspections, the(...)

Twenty five years ago I was on some of the first teams that began closing down large asylums and setting up mental health community and day services. (...)

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(...)