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  1. Inauguration speech shows President is on board! Issued 14 Nov 2011 - When Get on Board first hit the road back in February of this year it aimed to get youth mental health on the political agenda. During the 9th President of Ireland's inaugural speech, which sets out the most important aspects of the President's vision for ...
  2. Our new President-elect Issued 2 Nov 2011 - Get on Board for Youth Mental Health made its comeback in time for the presidential campaign. We were delighted to get 6 out of the 7 candidates on board. We made short video messages of each candidate outlining their commitments to Youth Mental Health. Our ...
  3. The Presidential Election Issued 31 Oct 2011 - The commitments to Youth Mental Health from each candidate were resoundingly positive. We heard some interesting points from each candidate on why Youth Mental Health is important to them. Here is a quick summary of their main points: Mary Davis told us that as a ...
  4. Schools play vital role in mental health Issued 25 Oct 2011 - by Tony Bates of Headstrong   MIND MOVES: Teachers uniquely placed to detect stress THERE IS a view that the Department of Education and Skills has been slow to update its approach to supporting the mental health of people throughout the second-level education system. This ...
  5. International declaration on youth mental health Issued 14 Oct 2011 - On Friday October 14th the Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Special Interest Group in Youth Mental Health, hosted a major national research conference in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. This research conference marked the launch of the International Declaration on Youth ...
  6. Creating happier lives Issued 10 Oct 2011 - It may well have slipped you by, but it's World Mental Health Day today, organised by the wonderful folk over at the World Health Organisation. Each year they come together to promote open discussion of mental health issues, and generally make the topic a little ...
  7. NY Times: Go easy on yourself for the good of your mental health Issued 2 Mar 2011 - Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your friends and family? That simple question is the basis for a burgeoning new area of psychological research called self-compassion -- how kindly people view themselves. People who find it easy to be supportive and understanding ...
  8. Irish Times: Take the stigma out of mental health Issued 1 Mar 2011 - Taboos could be broken around issues such as depression - which leads to more deaths than road accidents By Joanne Hunt 'IF THERE WAS one key social justice issue you would pursue in government, what would it be?'' This question, posed in the dying minutes of ...
  9. Irish Independent: Children deserve better than empty election promises Issued 26 Feb 2011 - By Medb Ruane You know what it's like to wake up happy, right? I'm hoping Enda Kenny woke up feeling delighted this morning because I heard his words 'let's hit the ground running' and I want to jog along, for today. Enda said some interesting ...
  10. Campaign makes RTE news one hour before media blackout Issued 24 Feb 2011 - Get on Board's exclusive meeting with FF leader Micheál Martin made it onto the RTE One news at one o'clock today (February 24), only one hour before the nationwide media blackout. The blackout takes place at 2pm the day before each general election, calling a ...
  11. On the final day before the election, Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin gets on board for youth mental health! Issued 24 Feb 2011 - Today (24 February) is the final day before the casting of the ballots, and as tensions run high, candidates across the country are making their last pitches to the electorate. The leaders have returned home to their constituencies for their last doorstep conversations in their ...
  12. USI's LGBT campaign on board Issued 24 Feb 2011 - The Get on Board for Youth Mental Health campaign is proud to announce the endorsement of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) LGBT Campaign. The campaign is not only officially supporting Get On Board, but it's also encouraging all of their members to promote ...
  13. Children's Mental Health Coalition endorse Get on Board campaign Issued 21 Feb 2011 - The Children's Mental Health Coalition, a merger of 45 organisations, has officially announced their support for the Get on Board for Youth Mental Health campaign. The campaign, which launched just under two weeks ago, is a call to action to put youth mental health issues ...
  14. Fine Gael's Health Spokesperson James Reilly endorses campaign Issued 20 Feb 2011 - We are delighted to announce that James Reilly, Fine Gael's spokesperson for health, has come on board with the campaign. Speaking with Elaine Geraghty, CEO of Inspire Ireland and head of the Get On Board campaign, Mr Reilly emphasised the importance of mental health issues, ...
  15. Eamon Gilmore: He's on board! Issued 18 Feb 2011 - Labour leader Eamon Gilmore pledged his support to the Get on Board for Youth Mental Health campaign today (18 February) in Dundalk, Co Louth. He boarded the double-decker campaign bus, which was parked in Civic Square in the centre of the town, to talk to ...
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