There were smiles all round at North West Hospice on the Mall in Sligo when patients, staff and visitors were treated to a visit from some donkeys recently.
Each month these gentle therapy donkeys are kindly bought in to visit by the staff and volunteers of the Sathya Sai Sanctuary.
The 2025 National Organ Donation Conference, themed “Conversations that Matter” recently took place in Galway and brought together healthcare professionals, donor families, and transplant recipients to reflect on a significant year in Ireland’s organ donation landscape.
There was a day of celebration and remembrance for residents, family members and staff at Arus Breffni in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim on Friday October 17th 2025.
The day saw residents, staff past and present and members of the Manorhamilton community come together to remember all those who have lived and worked in Arus Breffni over the past fifty years. It was an event of song, music and dance and a special video was compiled for those present about Arus Breffni.
HSE West and North West welcomes the announcement by Minister Mary Butler of a new Crisis Resolution Team (CRT) and Solace Café for Donegal.
The new services will be supported by recurring funding of €1.3m in Budget 2026, supporting the recruitment of ten whole time equivalent staff, led by a Consultant Psychiatrist.
The Co-operation and Working Together (CAWT) Partnership has launched its €7.9 million PEACEPLUS-funded Early Intervention Support Youth Hubs (EASY) project.
The cross border EASY project is aimed at providing early intervention support to 9,000 children, young people and families living in the border area with social, emotional or behavioural issues.
The project is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
There was fun indoors and outdoors on Sunday June 22nd at St John’s Community Hospital Sligo, as the second Wise Roots Age Friendly Festival took place.
Donegal Mental Health Services has become the first Mental Health Service in Ireland to offer a dedicated suicide crisis nurse service for teenagers within Primary Care following referral from General Practitioners (GPs) under the National Clinical Care Program for Self Harm and Suicide Related Ideation (NCPSHI). The nurse led Service went live on Monday, 7 July.
Two dog therapy volunteers are offering comfort and support to patients at North West Hospice in Sligo.
Eleven year old collie Alfie and five year old chorkie George are visiting patients in North West Hospice who may be missing their pets or who would just like some time with them.
Alfie’s owner Anne Stevenson explained why her lovable Collie started visiting patients, care of Irish Therapy Dogs.
HSE Mental Health Services Ascain Training and Support Services (Letterkenny, Carndonagh and Dungloe) has won an international Gold Forum Award for their Tobacco Free Campus work. This award gives recognition to healthcare services working at the highest level of implementation of tobacco management based on the Global Network for Tobacco Free Healthcare (GNTH) Service Standards.
