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In his opening address at the Winter Conference 2023, College President and Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Lorcan Martin expressed disappointment at the drawbacks psychiatric services still endure in the face of a lacklustre Budget 2024. Despite these challenges, the address finished on a simple message – #ItsAboutPeople. Launched ahead of Budget 2024, this campaign strives to […]
Coverage from the Irish Times regarding the Tuesday, 14 November Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying to discuss concerns around coercion. The Committee meeting featured expert testimony from representatives of the College Associate Professor Siobhan MacHale, Dr Eric Kelleher and Dr Anita Ambikapathy alongside members of the National Suicide Research Foundation and doctor in Law […]
On Tuesday, College representatives Dr Siobhan MacHale, Dr Eric Kelleher and Dr Anita Ambikapathy spoke with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying to raise concerns around coercion and the unequal distribution of palliative care, psychological and psychiatric supports, and insufficient research around end-of-life care. Read the press statement in full on the College blog […]