Attempts to further delay the appointment of community mental health staff were resisted by Junior Health Minister Kathleen Lynch in pre-budget discussions with the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and senior minister in her Department Dr James Reilly.

There has been a fourfold increase in the number of young adults seeking support for mental health issues over the last three years, it has emerged.

A Facebook app developed in Ireland lets users know how many of their family and friends on the social network are likely to be suffering from depression.

ONE in three Irish people believe those who suffer from mental health issues are of “below average intelligence” and almost 50% believe the person should be discriminated against in terms of employment because they are “unreliable”.