The Samaritans Ireland Impact Report for 2024 also said that the service is the only form of for over half of callers. 

The Dáil returns on Tuesday, April 29th, and there is plenty of business in a packed schedule

A Fianna Fáil TD has argued that the Government's speaking rights proposal is a "positive", despite opposition criticism

Here, we have a look at the issues likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

Mary Butler said that investors will have to help plug the gap in funding as government is under further pressure to ramp up the number of new builds.

The Waterford City office of the Minister for Mental Health and Older People was sprayed with graffiti in the early hours on Thursday.

The incident involving Mary Butler's car occurred while the vehicle was parked in the Barker Street area of Waterford City on Friday

The charity said the creation of a new referral mechanism for child and adolescent mental health services is a particular positive

Ms Butler told RTÉ radio’s Today show that following on the Maskey report she had asked the HSE for a national audit of CAMHS’s prescribing practices, and she also asked the Mental Health Commission to expand the scope of Dr Susan Finnerty’s review.

Social Democrats TD Róisín Shortall has described the response of the Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health to the report into deficiencies in the Camhs services as “anodyne”

Minister of State for Older People Mary Butler expressed her concerns about proposals to free up houses owned by nursing home residents

In the last two weeks four private nursing homes deed with Hiqa, while eight have already closed this year and 29 closed between 2018 and 2021.

Emergency meetings have been taking place after a series of nursing home closures over the last few months

AsIAm said it is deeply concerned by the decision.