From bigorexia to bingeing, more young males are experiencing eating disorders. But the stigma of having what is often seen as a woman’s illness is stopping many from seeking help, writes Sharon Ní Conchúir.

Minister for Health Simon Harris and pop star Bressie will be among the famous faces debating mental health at this weekend's Electric Picnic music festival.

IT’S a little difficult to know what exactly Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin’s first book, Me and My Mate Jeffrey, actually is. 

A group of elderly women travel to Amsterdam to try marijuana in A Granny’s Guide To The Modern World on Wednesday at 11pm on Channel 4.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Celebrity chef and model, Roz Purcell stole the show at the 3XE Digital Conference in Croke Park yesterday.

RTÉ reporter Olivia O’Leary is the latest in an ever-growing line of famous Irish faces to admit they have suffered from depression and undergone treatment. Slowly, the country’s cynical view of mental health is changing for the better, writes Claire O’Sullivan

A beauty queen has revealed how the trauma of discovering the body of a friend who had died through suicide, has inspired her to get on her bike to help raise awareness of suicide.

A trailer promoting a mental health documentary being made by college students has been viewed 200,000 times online.

I watched Bressie on Claire Byrne Live recently. Also on the show was a beautiful young lady, Michelle Ross, who spoke about losing her brother, Derek, to suicide.

Tune in to The Late Late Show this Friday at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.

Musician Niall Breslin has urged politicians to “park the egos” and admit mental health services are not even close to being adequate. The singer, better known as Bressie, who has spoken publicly about his own mental health battle has called on the Government to properly address the lack of joined up services.

Exercise is proven to get happy hormones pumping, but motivation isn’t great when your mental health is suffering. In Bressie’s new TV show, he helps depression and anxiety sufferers to rise to the challenge of an Ironman, says Colette Sheridan

The week has been a game-changer for Billy Walsh.

A YOGURT that slows down ageing. A peanut without allergens. Tastes you’ve never even imagined.

The second instalment of the 2015 Irish Film and Television Awards is fast approaching, and a list of final nominees including Chris O’Dowd, Deirdre O’Kane and Brendan O’Carroll, has just been announced.

More men are opening up about their mental health problems than before thanks to a text service operated by suicide prevention charity Console, which is being hailed as a “breakthrough” in suicide prevention.

It was not the cancer diagnosis that floored RTÉ broadcaster Louise McSharry, it was the impact that chemotherapy would have on her fertility.

A rapper who starred alongside pop star Bressie in an RTÉ reality show has been given a 12-month ‘rap on the knuckles’ by a judge.

A rapper who starred alongside pop star Bressie in an RTÉ reality show, has been given a 12-month 'rap on the knuckles' by a judge.

SATURDAY

First year at college can take lots of getting used to after the familiarity of school and living with mum and dad. So imagine if you were disability campaigner, Joanne O’Riordan? Ailin Quinlan caught up with her to see how she found life at UCC.

A 500% increase in the number of home repossessions; the shooting of a former IRA commander; the appeal by a doctor found guilty of assaulting police officers while under the influence of a date rape drug; a special report on whether the recovery is starting to flower on the high street and how Cork learned traditional hurling formations were a thing of the past. Catch up with this evening's top and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

A former IRA commander has been shot dead in Belfast, a man attending an east Cork wedding has died after being hit by a car, former Cork captain Tomás Mulcahy says the hurlers need to improve by 200%, and the musician Bressie has called for a Yes vote in the Marriage Equality Referendum. These are some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Retail recovering on Irish high streets, Cork's oldest gay bar closes, Bingham wins World snooker championship and Bressie writes about marriage equality. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

My wife and I were married in a registry office... and we were sinners in the eyes of the Church writes Fergus Finlay

If you believe in equality and want to see teenagers grow up in a society that accepts everyone equally, please vote yes on May 22, writes Niall Breslin            

Young, brilliant Bressie.

RUTH Field and her formidable alter-ego, the Grit Doctor, have made a name for themselves as tough-talking, no-nonsense kind of gals. 

A mass boycott campaign intended to kill off water charges has been launched.

If you've had a hectic weekend, here's the best shows and films on TV to unwind to tonight.

A FRESH voice has emerged on the Irish music landscape. It takes the shape of Zimbabwean MC, God Knows, and his Irish producer, MynameisJohn, and their remarkable debut album, Rusangano/Family.