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RTÉ Brainstorm: How can schools help children to be their “best selves”?
RTÉ Brainstorm recently published a piece by CMHCR PhD candidate Penny Quinn and Prof. Sinéad McGilloway on the implementation of the Buddy Bench Aware Programme which aims to help foster and support children's sense of connectedness and belonging to their school,...

Recent launch of the ENRICH (HRB-funded) research findings
Research highlights case for more State support for parenting intervention in the earliest years Early parenting programme significantly increases parental competence and wellbeing Parenting programme benefits are sustained after two years Access the ENRICH Reports...

MU-community engagement: Intel Pride of Place award 2019
Professor Sinéad McGilloway, Director of the CMHCR - in collaboration with Maynooth Tidy Towns (MTT) - received an Intel Pride of Place 2019 award at an awards ceremony in the Leixlip Hotel on 27th June. The Maynooth Time Bank Project involves developing and...

Supporting families with parental mental illness: peer-reviewed paper just published
The PRIMERA research team have recently published a peer-reviewed paper in a special edition of the Advances in Mental Health Journal. The paper details the scoping phase of this (HSE-funded) research which investigates family-focused practice for families impacted...

The CMHCR supports Pieta’s Darkness into Light event at Maynooth
The CMCHR was delighted to support the recent Darkness into Light event held in Maynooth (https://www.pieta.ie/darkness-into-light-2019). CMHCR members and affiliates who volunteered on the night - co-ordinated by Penny Quinn (CMHCR representative on the local DiL...

Congratulations to two of our CMHCR members – Shane Owen and Maria Gialama – for their recent MUSE (Maynooth University Student Experience) awards.
Two PhD scholars in the CMHCR were recently awarded MUSE 2019 awards for their extra-curricular contributions toward, and engagement with, the wider community. Shane Owen (extreme left hand side of group photo) was awarded a MUSE award for Achievement for his work in...