It might not be as extreme as the Ice Bucket Challenge, or as narcissistic as the No Make-up Selfie, but a new craze is raising thousands for charity.

It is regrettable that your correspondent, who wrote “campaigners against fish farm seek sea-lice system safety check”, failed to contact Marine Harvest Ireland (MHI) for comment, instead choosing to use a previous statement issued on a different matter.

ONE of the world’s leading seafood companies, Marine Harvest plans to invest €3.5 million developing a new salmon farm site in Bantry Bay, Co Cork.

A MENTAL health programme for primary schools, similar to one successfully working in Scotland, could improve behaviour in the classroom, a conference heard at the weekend.

THREE out of five people with serious mental health problems can successfully get and keep work, many at the higher end of the professions, a conference was told yesterday.

ABOUT half of the €50 million promised by the Government for mental health services over the past two years has been delivered to date, according to a leading advocacy group.

ASSESSING the mental health of persons from other cultures can take three times longer than native assessments, mental health experts have warned.

One in four people are affected by mental illness in Ireland.

THE National Health Strategy needs to be reviewed to give the promotion of mental health equal status to that of physical health, Mental Health Ireland said yesterday.

LOCAL election candidates are being urged to support Ireland’s forgotten constituency — people with a mental illness.