Health

I agree with the Cllr that jobs are important. Our health is also important!

There was a 43% increase in the number of young people from West Cork looking for help for mental health problems from the local HSE-run service in a single year.

An evening of entertainment took place recently in the Maritime Hotel, Bantry to celebrate the wonderful work being carried out in the community in the promotion of positive mental health in the West Cork area.

A report that shows a sharp decline in standards at Bantry's Centre for Mental Health has been described as ‘deeply worrying,' by West Cork TD, Michael Collins.

Inchigeelagh man John Kelleher is walking Australia's remote Simpson Desert in August to raise money for better mental health support in rural and remote Australia

I was touched and taken aback with the support he has given to me in regards to men's health and wellbeing and getting the message out there to make the subject a priority.

Minister Harris needs to dispense with his spin doctors and make it more attractive for those of the medical variety to work here if he is to have any hope of resolving the very real problems at the coalface of healthcare.

A Social Democrat candidate in next month's local elections is calling for a broader range of healthcare facilities to be available in rural towns and has cited Macroom as an ideal town for such a facility.