SOME of the facilities we offer to people with mental health issues seem as likely to exacerbate illness as to contribute to recovery.

MARY FITZGERALD attributes reaching the age of 106 to hard work and “keeping away from the men”.

MANY people are still homeless as a result of last week’s flooding in Newcastle West and surrounding areas.

RELATIVES of former residents of the notorious Leas Cross nursing home will meet Health Minister Mary Harney for the first time today.

MORE THAN 300 people with intellectual disabilities are still in psychiatric institutions even though the Department of Health admits they should not be there.

MILLSTREET’S famous Tubrid Well, which draws hundreds of pilgrims on busy summer Sundays, is closed to the public due to a dispute between the county council and the landowner.

DISABILITY campaigners yesterday accused the Government of widespread and indiscriminate cuts to vital services.

IMPROVEMENTS in the mental health services are not happening fast enough, the minister with responsibility for the sector conceded yesterday.

DOLORES BALFE has had five years of happiness in 22 years of bewilderment, but it’s all coming apart on her.