Elizabeth O’Connor, PRO of the Kerry branch of the Irish Second Level Students Union; Dr Breda O’Dwyer, Munster Technological University; Kerry Mental Health Association General Manager John Drummey; and Tralee Leaving Cert student Julia Szarota pictured in Tralee Town Park at the launch of the Kerry Mental Health Association’s COVID-19 Leaving Cert survey
Despite Government pledges to increase and promote mental-health services for all age groups, more than half of the students said they wouldn't know where to go if they, or someone they know, needed help from professional mental-health services right away.
Kerry Mental Health Association received funding from Mental Health Ireland to carry out the research, with the support of the Irish Second Level Students Union and Munster Technological University over a seven-day period at the end of January.