Healthy Monaghan

25/09/2025

🖌📘Creative Writing with The Story Weaver

Free 6 week programme in Greenan's Cross School (near Newbliss)
📆 Starting Thursday, 9th October 2025
🕖 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
📧 Spaces are limited/Booking essential. To book email: creative@monaghancoco.ie or call 047 74718.

The Creative Cafes project is funded by the CreativeIrl Creative Health and Wellbeing Initiative via Monaghan County Council's Creative Monaghan Programme

25/09/2025

To mark World Mental Health Day 2025, the HSE is hosting a webinar which will showcase a number of evidence-based initiatives developed by them to promote and support mental health. This will take place on Tuesday 7th October 2025 at 12.30pm.
Register for a place at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bqebhRQaQM2on9kCrptK7g

25/09/2025

We were also delighted to have had John Cummins TD, Minister for Planning and Local Government at the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage, attend on Day 2 of our 'Building Resilient Futures through Local Government' Conference at the SETU Arena in Waterford and open proceedings with the launch of the Irish version of the Place Standard Tool at the event.

The Minister highlighted the importance of the engagement tool and welcomed the introduction of the Irish version of the Place Standard that could be utilised for better outcomes. He commented:

"𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴—𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯—𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵”.

Healthy Ireland Local Government will be encouraging the use of the Irish version across the 31 Local Authorities and Public Participation Networks, and is also progressing assistance with the mapping of online Place Standard surveys, providing rich qualitative data for local government.

Access to the Irish Place Standard Tool 🔗 https://hilocalgov.pulse.ly/fyctm1gx5d

25/09/2025

We were delighted to have Mary Butler TD , Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health at the Department of Health, and Government Chief Whip, launch our Community Wellbeing Data Portal at the SETU Arena in Waterford.

The launch was part of the first day of our 'Building Resilient Futures through Local Government' conference, where Minister Mary Butler opened the conference.

Referring to the strategic opportunities it offers, the Minister notes:

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 – 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺.”

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 31 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 – 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺."

Healthy Ireland Local Government, together with our GIS partners Compass Informatics , will continue to integrate and update these shared data sets to facilitate informed strategic analysis of the communities that we live and work in.

23/09/2025

23/09/2025

Movember's new 'The Real Face of Men's Health' report for the Republic of Ireland shows that:

- 3 in 4 adults are concerned about the state of men’s health across all political, age and gender lines.
- Over 80% of the public support having a dedicated Men’s Health Action Plan.
- Half of adults believe young men are becoming increasingly disconnected from society.
- Young people are especially concerned about men’s mental health, loneliness, and disconnection.

Men’s health is, therefore, a unifying issue. Supporting men's health benefits partners, families, communities, workplaces and the economy.

Find out more at: www.mhfi.org/RealFaceIreland.pdf

19/09/2025

🌟 Find Your Next Walking Adventure! 🌟
🗓️ Mon 22nd Sept to Sun 28th Sept 🚶‍♂️🧍‍♀️
Ready to explore? Head over to our website and discover a ton of registered walking events for National Walking Week! Get involved, stay active, and connect with your community. Explore more at https://www.getirelandwalking.ie/nwd-2025 🎉 Why Choose Walking?
✅ Boosts mental and physical health
✅ Strengthens community bonds
✅ Embraces the joy of moving
🌍 Let’s make every step count during . Join us and !
💬 Share your favourite walking routes!

Erasmus+

19/09/2025

The physical and mental health benefits of regular physical activity are immense.

However, across Ireland most people are not active enough to experience these benefits.

Only 1 in 4 primary school children and 1 in 8 teenagers are active enough to meet the recommended guidelines. For adults, it’s 4 in 10.

HSE Ireland are delivering a free webinar on Wednesday 24th September 2025, from 2.00pm to 3.15pm, about the following:

The forthcoming National Physical Activity Framework and Action Plan 2024-2028 ✅

How everyone working in healthcare can help promote physical activity and make Every Move Count ✅

Register for a place at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k8O3bbR7Swmcwh9ybT0Q6Q

19/09/2025

Staying connected with friends and family can help ease stress and lift your mood. Even a short chat can make a big difference.​ ​

Mind your mood, follow Healthy Ireland

17/09/2025

Expressions of Interest for a position on the Local Community Safety Partnership closes this Friday.

Monaghan Local Community Safety Partnership Expressions of Interest Details: www.monaghan.ie/communitydevelopment/lcsp/ Closing Date Fri 19th Sept.

17/09/2025

September is Green Ribbon Month - a month dedicated to starting conversations, reducing stigma and showing support for mental health.

Join the movement this September:
✔️ Wear it
✔️ Talk about it
✔️ Support it

Together, we can build a more open and understanding Ireland.
Find out how you can get involved at https://www.shine.ie/advocacy/green-ribbon-campaign



Shine's Green Ribbon Monaghan County Council

17/09/2025

Mental Health Ireland are offering a Series of free webinars during October to celebrate Mental Health Month.

See below for more information 👇

We are delighted to offer a Series of free webinars during October to celebrate Mental Health Month. Winter Wellness: This webinar will provide practical strategies to support mental health and wellbeing during the winter months, built around the evidence based Five Ways to Wellbeing framework.

Partner Webinars: Each webinar will focus on a topic that can influence our specific mental health & wellbeing topic, hosted by Mental Health Ireland with expert panellists – Family Carers Ireland, Men’s Shed, Crown Paint and Baxter Storey. Each discussion will include information about the topic, resources and supports available as well as opportunities to ask the experts questions. Book your place now: https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/mental-health-ireland-30649525290