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HEALTH AND FITNESS NEWS AND EVENTS

Now in its third year, Hello, How Are You? is a national campaign about connection and engaging in open conversations about mental health, which will take place once more on May 15. Mental Health Ireland has teamed up with Iarnród Éireann to invite the nation to ask the question in a meaningful way.

For free Hello resources, toolkits and all the information you need in different languages, head to hellohowareyou.info/resources. Pictured are the Tritones band performing at the Hello, How Are You? Day at Heuston Station last year.

A conference addressing perinatal mental health will take place this Wednesday, World Maternal Mental Health Day. From Research to Action: Improving Perinatal Mental Health for All Women in Ireland” is co-hosted by the Trinity Centre for Maternity Care Research (TCMCR) and the National Women’s Council.

The event creates an inclusive space to amplify women’s voices and experiences of maternal mental health, particularly those from marginalised and ethnic minority groups. The conference is chaired by Catherine Brogan, President of Mental Health Europe & Chair of Sharing the Vision, National Implementation and Monitoring Committee (NIMC).

Pictured at the 6th All Island Children’s Palliative Care Conference in Portlaoise were Dee Hickson, CNM3 Roscommon Palliative Care Team; Tina Kenny, Clinical Nurse Co-Ordinator Roscommon; Ursula Donoghue, Roscommon Community Palliative Care; Sarah Banaghan, Roscommon Community Palliative Care; Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly; Martina Jennings, CEO Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation and Catherine Bannister, Senior Social Worker Roscommon Community Palliative Care.