Proposed legislation should be referred to respected Citizens' Assembly. The right to die already exists in Ireland. Suicide is legal,...

Our citizens will die better in a culture and setting where we can approach, rather than avoid, our mortality. At the end of life there...

Mental health should be sixth vital sign in hospitals, says Dr Paul D'Alton. Clinical psychologist Dr Paul D’Alton would like to see...

Late last year, shortly before his death, the brave, generous and dignified Hugh Cooney highlighted the lack of adequate psychological...

'The 2016 Rising' is how this newspaper described the election result. Our political leadership has repeatedly told us over the last few...

It is abundantly clear that the chronic stress inherent in disadvantaged communities has significant impact on their mental health. On...

On January 7, 2015, Lassana Bathily, a 24-year-old Muslim from Mali in west Africa, was working in a kosher grocery shop in Paris. He...

Parenting is so often full of grey lines of the least worst option. The text read "everything has changed" with two smiley faces. It came...

'Connecting for Life', the new Suicide Prevention Strategy launched by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Primary and Social Care...