A road running through Beaumont Hospital has been raised to a height where traffic is running level with the tops of adjacent garden walls, because of an oversight by Dublin City Council (DCC).

A LACK of out-of-hours services means that some young people who might simply need a social worker are ending up in adult psychiatric units, a report has found.

MORE than 1,000 people in Cork city with insufficient means to meet accommodation costs face a three-month wait for rent supplement because of a change in how it is awarded.

FAILINGS in mental health units across the country including “serious deficits” in services, “unacceptable” living conditions, and “insufficient” bathing facilities, have been highlighted in the 2008 Inspector of Mental Health Services report.