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25 Feb
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Consultant Psychiatrist – CAMHS

Community Healthcare East CHO 6 Deadline: 17:00, 12 March 2026   View the full job posting and apply here.   Informal Enquiries Dr Louise Sharkey Phone: 01 268 0501  
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25 Feb
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Consultant Psychiatrist – CAMHS

Eist Linn, HSE South West Deadline: 12:00, 10 March 2026   View the full job posting and apply here.   Informal Enquiries Dr Sara McDevitt, Clinical Director Email:  CD.CamhsSW@hse.ie  
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25 Feb
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Consultant Psychiatrist – CAMHS

HSE South West Deadline: 12:00, 10 March 2026   View the full job posting and apply here.   Informal Enquiries Dr Sara McDevitt, Clinical Director Email:  CD.CamhsSW@hse.ie  
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23 Feb
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Sarah Carey for the Irish Independent: People with mental illness need a safe place, they can’t live on streets or in jail

Sarah Carey writes for the Irish Independent about the recent RTÉ Investigates two-part documentary on the criminalisation of mental illness in Ireland and the cruelty...
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19 Feb
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College Response to publication of HSE report into CAMHS services in North Kerry region

The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland welcomes the publication of the HSE review into Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in North Kerry (CAMHS...
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05 Feb
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Alcohol Action Ireland publishes latest edition of Youth Drinking in Ireland report

Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI) has published the latest edition of its report into youth drinking in Ireland, 'Youth drinking in Ireland: What's the real picture?' ...
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13 Jan
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Consultant – Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Wexford MHS Deadline: 15:00 Thursday, 29 January 2026   View the full job posting here.   Informal Enquiries and Interested Parties Dr Peter Braben Clinical Director & Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist Email:...
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13 Jan
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Consultant – General Adult Psychiatry

Cork North MHS Deadline: 15:00 Thursday, 29 January 2026   View the full job posting here.   Informal Enquiries and Interested Parties Dr Alin Dumitrescu Clinical Director Email: alin.dumitrescu@hse.ie
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04 Nov
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Does CAMHS Need an Overhaul? Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Faculty Chair Dr Patricia Byrne on The Hard Shoulder

Dr Patricia Byrne, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Chair of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Faculty, spoke with Ciara Doherty on The Hard Shoulder...
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14 Oct
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Annual Traveller Mental Health Education & Awareness Day

Co-hosted by Kerry Travellers Health and Community Development Project and College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Approved by CPsychI for 5 Accredited Continuing Education Credits Read the Traveller...
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