Dr Catherine Conlon: Are we ignoring a major cause of mental illness in young people?

The latest data from the 'Growing Up in Ireland' study found that the vast majority (82%) of participants reported regular messaging friends before bed or regularly surfing the internet before bed (83%)

The proliferation of smartphones has been a 'wrecking ball' for teen sleep. 

Climate change, a pandemic, addiction to social media, the housing crisis, recession, precarious employment, and war in Europe are just some of the issues facing young adults growing up in Ireland since the late 1990s.

The next chapter of Growing Up in Ireland, a nationwide study that has been tracking the same cohort of young people since 2007, will ask thousands of 25-year-olds to shed light on the lived experience of Generation Z.