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Northern Ireland's £1.2bn mental health strategy has received just £9m in funding, committee hears – The Irish News

Prof Siobhan O'Neill: High quality, inclusive sexuality education will benefit the mental health of young people in NI

Healthy relationships are the foundation of good mental health; they promote emotional regulation and protect us from mental ill health.

Manchester families demand police accountability

High-risk police pursuits are proving fatal. In Greater Manchester, families demanding change, reports the Northern Police Monitoring Project

NI meet-up groups on the rise to tackle epidemic of loneliness

Since the Covid pandemic, an epidemic of loneliness has swept Northern Ireland.

Self-help groups on the rise in Northern Ireland to tackle epidemic of loneliness

Since the Covid pandemic, an epidemic of loneliness has swept Northern Ireland.

Suicide bereaved families share message of hope at poignant Derry event

Northern Ireland's doctors are relieved as Stormont is set to return—but will funds go far enough?

“SHAME,” read one placard adorned with pictures of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, and the Northern Ireland secretary, Chris Heaton-Harris. “Send the DUP to Rwanda,” proclaimed another banner. These were just two of the invectives held aloft on 24 January during Northern Ireland’s biggest workers’ strike in half a century.1 As well as protesting about their pay, the strikers were angry that Northern Ireland has been without a devolved government for almost two years. The DUP had boycotted the executive in a protest over Brexit arrangements for the region since February 2022. However, less than a week after the rallies in many towns and cities, Donaldson announced that his party had at last agreed a return to Stormont, the seat of devolved government, pending the enactment of a deal agreed with Downing Street. It means the probable implementation of various plans and strategies aimed at shoring up the struggling health service and the release of £3.3bn worth of funding to be spread across the public sector. However, no one expects easy fixes. “There will be lots of competition for those funds,” said Siobhan O’Neill, the government appointed mental health champion for Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland’s health crisis has worsened considerably over the past two years.2 Waiting lists are at an all time high3—the worst anywhere in the UK or Ireland4—while many GP surgeries are teetering on the brink,5 and healthcare staff have been leaving in droves to seek …

Eating disorders: Increase in people in Northern Ireland seeking support for teenagers

Figures from the eating disorder charity, Beat, reveal that the number of contacts about young people aged 11 to 17-years-old has increased over 13 times in the last four years.

CAST to hold free bilingual Christmas show this Friday

Rory O'Connor to be honoured with Alumnus Illustrissimus award from St. Columb's old boys