Health

The mental health reform study, published in July 2017, found that two-thirds of mental health patients did not know how to make a complaint and many were not confident enough to advocate for themselves, Fianna Fáil Deputy Margare

Cork South West will be a national leader in the provision of care for the elderly, Minister Jim Daly pledged at the opening of a special care unit in Bandon on Friday

A new mobile mental health service – designed to help West Cork people help themselves – is being launched in Drimoleague. 

Some 25,000 Irish people are living with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and around the same amount with dementia, with figures growing due to our increasingly ageing population

Global Eczema Day, which takes place next week, brings into focus a condition that affects around one in five under six-year-olds and one in 12 adults.

Concerned parents and teachers are calling for immediate action to address the waiting lists for mental health services for young people in West Cork

World experts will outline the established link between our health and what we eat, as part of next month's A Taste of West Cork Food Festival. 

The launch of the implementation strategy for the cross-party Sláintecare plan, telling us all that's going to be done to fix our health service over the coming decade, has deflected attention away from more immediate concerns rai

Family and friends never suspected the torment that former footballer Sean O'Regan was suffering while battling depression. But last year, he took time out to tackle his mental health problems. Now he's a Rose of Tralee escort