Mental health clinic for children closes after insurer denies cover

IT’S a sign of the times to see new houses lying idle but to see this particular property – fully furnished and with facilities – but with no inhabitants is particularly sad.

The Haven, outside Maynooth, was purpose built to provide high-quality child and adolescent mental health services in a unique setting as a model of the family home.

But now, just over a year after it opened, the clinic is closed as it could not get any insurance company to cover people using the services despite being an approved centre.