Doing exams can be very stressful. National Mental Health Charity, Turn2Me has published seven tips on how to deal with the stresses of doing exams ahead of this year’s Leaving Certificate. The days leading up to any exam are busy. Preparing, cramming, writing and reading, we understand. However, those few days are the most stressful […]
2 years ago
“A lot of young people refer [to it as] falling off the cliff.” Mental health services in Ireland have been criticised on numerous occasions, but when it comes to the services available for children and adolescents, it is a whole other story. With the Kerry CAMHS scandal fresh in our memory, where do youths fall […]
3 years ago
Lucky are those with sisters!
5 years ago
Not a merry Christmas for all. According to TheJournal.ie, volunteers working with Childline answered 793 phone calls, texts and online contacts from distressed and upset children this Christmas Day. Childline runs a 24-hour listening service for children and young people, with 42 volunteers working yesterday to respond to contacts from children. The charity, which is […]
6 years ago
December, to many of us, especially when we have children, is pretty much the most expensive time a year. It can be all too easy to get caught up the buying frenzy, feeling like we have to buy the biggest, most amazing presents, getting roped in by crazy Black Friday and pre-Christmas sales, buying, buying, […]
6 years ago