SilverCloud Health is making inroads in the UK, as well as expanding in the US and Europe, writes Trish Dromey.

Some residents of a community hospital had not had a shower or a bath for more than a month, according to a report by health watchdog Hiqa.

Clerical sex abuse survivor and papal representative Marie Collins said she was glad there would be an inquiry over the failure by the gardaí to act on information it had in 1973, about paedophile priest Brendan Smyth.

Victims of paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth are to take legal action against the gardaí. The move follows revelations that officers in Dublin knew about his sex abuse in the early 1970s.

NEVER let it be said that Kathryn Thomas isn’t a stranger to hard work.

Cricket Ireland has condemned the “contemptuous” mocking of World Cup star John Mooney in a Zimbabwean newspaper.

St Vincent’s Hospital was aware no bed was available for a suicidal man having homicidal thoughts when it transferred him on to his local mental health service for assessment, a consultant psychiatrist has claimed.

The Health Service Executive has moved to allay fears of widespread closure of nursing homes that do not meet the standards set out by the health watchdog.

Some 65% of people say being treated for a mental health problem is viewed by Irish society as a sign of failure, according to a new survey.

Cork City Council has approved the use of a former hospital as a third-level college.

May I take this opportunity of drawing to the Taoiseach’s attention, that given the recent deluge of information which is emerging with reference to the Mother and Baby Home at Tuam, Co. Galway, it is becoming imperative that the Government finally takes action to face up to this shocking episode in the history of the State.

There was a new start for first-year students but also for staff as a Cork school moved to a temporary home in a former hospital.

Social media is having a negative effect on mental health services for children in Ireland, says a report on cyberbullying by a cross-party group of TDs and senators.

From traditional music to West End stars and a tribute to a legendary guitarist — there’s an eclectic mix of music events and festivals for all tastes this weekend — with a French food festival thrown in for good measure.

George Bernard Shaw once said that youth is wasted on the young.

The former Marymount hospice is to be given a new lease of life as an education campus, including a residential English language centre.

We can all contribute to our recovery, in our communities or for a cause, and it doesn’t have to be financial, writes Frank Flannery

ARE you happy?

An ex-boyfriend of PR executive Kate Fitzgerald told an inquest yesterday that in the weeks before her death she felt her employers were trying to “show her the door”.

The former St Patrick’s Marymount Hospice on Wellington Road in Cork looks set to be taken over by Griffith College.

More than 1,000 protesters have held a vigil of light at Waterford Regional Hospital, to protest against a feared loss of services.

HOUSES in Cork’s Sidney Park are embedded in the city’s veins of sandstone, rising in serried ranks from the side of St Patrick’s Hill up towards the grounds of the former St Patrick’s Hospital. And top of the pile is Knockmahon.

On the eve of the Irish Hospice Coffee Morning, Colette Sheridan visits the new Marymount in Cork, now one year old

Blind Tasting

Patients talk movingly in TV3’s tribute to Cork City’s Marymount Hospice, where the emphasis is on living, and not death, says Joe McNamee.

A fly-on-the-wall documentary is to take a look behind the scenes at the country’s oldest hospice in Cork city prior to its move to new premises.

WITH an asset base worth €2.6 billion, 17 religious orders have been asked by the state to find up to €350 million in cash or property as an additional contribution to the redress deal.

A NEW €58 million palliative care centre and hospital was officially opened yesterday in Cork following the successful transfer of patients from the facility’s previous home on the northside of the city.

OUTDATED mental health laws are resulting in some children not receiving the correct type of treatment quickly enough, a lawyer who has worked for the HSE said yesterday.

THE country’s most advanced palliative care centre and hospital threw open its doors for the first time yesterday to allow those who helped fund its construction to see how their money has been spent.

CHILDREN as young as 12 are presenting with different types of eating disorders, a specialist has claimed.

PARENTS have been warned to be extra vigilant this St Patrick’s Day over fears children as young as 12 will celebrate the day with alcohol.

PSYCHIATRISTS in certain areas of the country are “ECT enthusiasts” who are using the treatment in cases where alternatives could be considered, it has been claimed.

ANGRY student nurses have warned politicians they will be punished in the general election unless plans to abolish their pay during ward placements are reversed.

Angry student nurses have warned politicians they will be punished in the General Election unless plans to abolish their pay during ward placements are reversed.

THE planned sale of a 140-year-old hospital will help fund the move to a new €55 million hospice facility, west of Cork city.

TECHNOLOGY similar to PlayStation is being used for the first time in a community care hospital to help stroke sufferers with their recovery.

A THIRD of teenagers presenting to a new outpatient adolescent unit at St Patrick’s Hospital have an eating disorder.

THESE are the men who helped get water flowing from Cork’s main treatment plant last night for the first time in a week.

RECESSION depression among Irish men is on the rise as people struggle with unemployment and changed financial circumstances in the midst of the downturn.

PEOPLE struggling with the recession have even less sympathy for sufferers battling with mental illness, according to the country’s leading mental health hospital.

CONSTRUCTION is to commence in the next few weeks on a new €50 million hospice and hospital in Cork.