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Record numbers of third-level students are receiving counselling for mental health problems such as anxiety. File photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Mental health: Record numbers of third-level students seek help

Record numbers of third-level students are receiving counselling for mental health problems such as anxiety. Almost 12,000 students sought counsellin(...)

Student rape: most research suggests that rape and sexual assault involving students – especially first-years – are a feature across third-level campuses. Illustration: Getty Images
Students and sexual assault: ‘We had sex. Well, he had sex’

It was her first year in college and Leanne was approaching the end of her exams in 2016. “It was supposed to be a time of excitement, change and acco(...)

Counsellors say they believe social media is playing a key role by amplifying stressful events such as relationship break-ups. Photograph: Getty Images
Record numbers of students seeking counselling for anxiety

Record numbers of third-level students are seeking counselling for anxiety and related mental health problems, new figures show. Counsellors say numb(...)