The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland hosted a live Q&A with Twitter users at 7pm on Tuesday 17th May as part of Green Ribbon Month For 2 hours (between 7pm and 9pm) Consultant Psychiatrists Dr John Hillery and Dr Mike Scully took charge of the @GreenRibbonIRL account to engage with people about mental health recovery and […]

The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland held it’s second annual Walk and Talk with Psychiatrists in Merrion Square on the 21st May as part of Green Ribbon month. The walk is in partnership with See Change, the National Stigma Reduction Partnership, and is an important step in challenging the stigma associated with mental illness and psychiatry. The walk is about getting […]

Talk of Mental Health funding dispersal points to ambivalence to mental health and those suffering mental illness believes the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. The College of Psychiatrists is dismayed at media reports that Minister Kathleen Lynch is under pressure to allow mental health funds to be dispersed to “more politically sensitive” areas of healthcare. […]

In the 1980s I was a medical house officer in a regional hospital. Caring for patients with self -harm was a disturbing existential experience for a young doctor who had seen just enough of death to wonder why anyone would try to take their own life. I remember carrying out a medical procedure for a […]

After a fantastic night in the Sugar Club in Dublin, Jenny Fitzgibbon and Ming Cai, medical students from NUI Galway took home the top prize at the Annual Spike Milligan Public Speaking Competition hosted by the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. They faced tough competition from Queen’s University Belfast who, despite a fantastic dramatic performance, […]