'Community conversations' across Ireland call for changes to health service inequalities

'The corrosive impact of poor mental health on individuals, families and communities' was a priority issue for participants in the research.

A new report which canvassed the views of people in different parts of the country has recommended changes to how health services are delivered.

The European Anti-poverty Network Ireland (EAPN), which comprises almost 170 groups and individuals working against poverty, published the research entitled Giving Health Inequality a Voice, which involved five "community conversations" on how to improve services and reduce health inequalities.