Labour leader Brendan Howlin has been elected in Wexford after reaching the quota on the eighth count.

“I want to also improve mental health services for Wexford, this county needs a University and we absolutely need to improve the supply of housing through the current planning network”.

Former Fine Gael by-election Verona Murphy is to announce on Tuesday whether she will run as an Independent candidate in Wexford in the upcoming General Election.

There were 7,420 episodes of restrictive practices reported in 2017 and 7,464 in 2018.

Overseas hotels often used by the charity included the 4-star Fitzpatrick Hotel in New York, The Royal Automobile Club in London, The Westin in Cleveland and the 5-star Shangri-La and Grand Hyatt in Singapore.

Health Minister Simon Harris has been slammed for “washing his hands” of the serious public health impacts of smoky coal.

Legal threats from coal firms have stopped the Government from introducing a nationwide ban on smoky coal which environmental activists and opposition parties are demanding.

A meeting to consider the future of an acute psychiatric unit where pictures emerged of patients lying on the floor is to take place in the next number of weeks.

Eight children were admitted to an adult psychiatric unit in Waterford despite multiple warnings to the HSE that the facility is unsuitable for youngsters.

Britain will control what happens to Rosslare Port after Brexit unless the Government immediately acts, a Fianna Fáil TD has warned.

Minister for Health Simon Health has defended his record in the area of mental health services and said he has been working “extremely hard” for the past three years to make up for “decades of neglect” of the service.

Fianna Fáil's spokesperson on Mental Health, James Browne, says Government funding needs to be managed carefully.

The HSE has spent nearly double its budgeted figures on agency staff in mental health services over the past five years.

According to figures obtained by Fianna Fáil relating to 26 counties, there are just 74 acute beds available for children nationwide.

Mental Health Spokesperson for Fianna Fáil James Browne says the lack of permanent psychiatrists is restricting timely access to much needed services for patients:

Industrial action by psychiatric nurses will have “a very significant impact” on vulnerable patients across the country, the HSE has warned.

Industrial action by psychiatric nurses will have “a very significant impact” on vulnerable patients across the country, the HSE has warned.

Mental health minister Jim Daly has pledged that best practices guidelines for mental health facilities will be circulated among providers after calls in the Dáil for stricter regulation and better care for children.

Young people suffering from mental health problems have unequal access to treatment depending on where they live, according to Fianna Fáil.

The St Andrew's Healthcare Adolescent Service in Northhampton is at risk of closure following a damning report into its practices by the UK Care Commission that deemed the unit "unsafe".

Minister of State for Mental Health Jim Daly says the forum will give the Oireachtas greater say on mental health issues.

Fianna Fáil has criticised the Government over a failure to provide costings for the 10-year health strategy, SláinteCare.

A whirlwind third quarter performance from Roscommon CBS powered the school to their second ever Paddy Drummond Cup crown this afternoon in Croke Park, a goal from wing back Cian Murray the crucial score in their 1-12 to 1-11 win over Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra of Rathmore.

A Fianna Fail TD’s Christmas wish that the Government would provide small farmers or pensioners with vouchers to subsidise their meals in local restaurants was dashed last week.

The HSE figures, obtained by Fianna Fail, show include almost 400 waiting longer than 12 months.

Almost 2,700 children are now waiting to be seen by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, with a 10% increase in just one month in the number of young people waiting for more than a year.

There were 6,181 children waiting for a primary care psychology appointment at the end of January 2018.

Fianna Fáil began the New Year behind. The difference is more important than the five seats that separate the two main parties in the Dáil.

Fianna Fáil justice spokesman Jim O’Callaghan has claimed that more pregnancies involving Down syndrome and disability diagnoses will be terminated if abortion is allowed in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Wednesday’s votes felt like a massive step forward for Irish women’s reproductive rights, writes Alison O’Connor.

The Oireachtas abortion committee is widely predicted to vote to repeal the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution and replace it with new laws allowing for abortions in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy when it meets this afternoon.