Conference bids to remove ‘mental health stigma’

Waterford County Council is to host a conference on mental health and suicide in a fresh bid to “help remove the stigma still attached to such conditions”.

This weekend’s event in the Park Hotel, Dungarvan, brings together a wide range of expertise across a broad spectrum.

County mayor Cllr Liam Brazil, who initiated the conference — Supports and Developments in Mental Health Care — said: “Hopefully, the discussions will let some light into the lives of those affected by mental health and suicide.