Posts Tagged ‘ Northern Ireland ’

WHEN WILL OUR GOVERNMENT ‘RETHINK’ MENTAL HEALTH – YFG

February 16, 2007
By Stephen
WHEN WILL OUR GOVERNMENT ‘RETHINK’ MENTAL HEALTH – YFG

Young Fine Gael (YFG) have today called on the Government to implement a proactive nationwide campaign modelled on the Northern Ireland ‘Rethink’ campaign addressing the stigma and taboo relating to mental illness, depression and suicide. “Rethink, which is mainly Government funded, uses a TV advertisement with a high profile celebrity from Coronation Street (‘Steve McDonald’ / Simon Gregson) to show that mental health is an illness like any other and should not be stigmatised”, according to YFG President, Elizabeth...

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Morning Briefing, 22nd January

January 22, 2007
By Stephen

Dia Duit! Tá sé ag cur sneachta!!!! An nuacht ar an maidin seo! Well the north’s PSNI is ser to be racked by accusations today with a new repoprt due to be launched by the Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan (Breakingnews) This could undo alot of hard work that the PSNI has undertaken under the Patten report! Well Hilary is ‘in this to win’ (Breakingnews). I hope to put up a post shortly about presidential hopefuls! A radical nationalist party...

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Monring Breifing, January 9th

January 9, 2007
By Stephen

Maidin maith! An nuacht ar an maidin seo! Foot and Mouth scare in Antrim! (BreakingNews.ie) Oh god not again! Irish Nurses and Midwives are been balloted from today on possible strike action (Breakingnews.ie). Well they normally get huge support from the general public when they do go on strike! New Jersey may remove one word from their constitution (CNN) And the word is ‘Idiot’. Currently this stops some people with mental disabilities from voting. Hugo Chavez lloks set to...

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Eddie Irvine of the PUP has died

January 8, 2007
By Stephen

My mother just shouted that at me! Confirmation through RTÉ

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Morning Briefing, 31st December

December 31, 2006
By Stephen

Well its the last day of 2006 and my final Morning briefing of the year not that I’ve been doing them for very long, but I’d like to take this moment to wish all the readers of this blog the Best for 2007! Have a great night and be careful!!!! An nuacht ar an maidin seo! CNN reports on Kofi Annan’s Legacy saying he left a ‘mixed legacy’ BreakingNews.ie reports on the destruction of prisoner files in the North...

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Morning Briefing, 29th December

December 29, 2006
By Stephen

Maidin Maith! An nuacht ar an maidin seo. The Irish Blog Awards have announced a bebo profile competition! Check out the bebo page for more info! Pandering to the masses eh? Today is the day that documents from 30 years ago are declassified and breakingnews.ie have a few interesting ones.Such as the UK wanting to make the North independent to avoid bloodshed. For some reason i think that wouldnt have worked. They also report on death threats made to...

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Teens in bid to reduce number of Belfast suicides

December 1, 2006
By Stephen

Two Belfast teenagers are at the centre of a new bid to cut the city’s suicide rates from 150 a year, it emerged today. Caitlín Ní Cathail and Paul McCann have become the youngest team ever to be trained in internationally renowned techniques to recognise the symptoms before it’s too late. The pair attended a conference in Newfoundland, Canada, to partake in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). The initiative, developed over 23 years, involves a first-aid process to...

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