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Updated / Thursday, 6 May 2021 14:53 Urgent changes to support services for young people are needed to avert 'a mental health disaster' Young people are under "enormous strain" because of the pandemic, an Oireachtas committee has heard, and urgent changes to support services are needed to avert a "surefire recipe for a mental health disaster". Ian Power, CEO of SpunOut.ie, Ireland's youth information website, told the sub-committee on mental health that one in five of young people using a free texting service last year had considered taking their own lives. The National Ambulance Service was...

Ministers Foley and Ryan launch €14 million 2021 Schools Energy Retrofit Pathfinder Programme   Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan TD today (Monday 26 April) launched a €14 million Pathfinder programme, that will demonstrate the approach to deep retrofit in the schools’ sector, testing energy efficiency solutions and renewable heat technology. This government-funded energy retrofit Pathfinder programme will target energy use and CO2 emission reduction by 50%, testing deep retrofit and lo...