Media and news stories
There have been numerous news stories, TV episodes, and documentaries about those who have suffered from an eating disorder, or by carers and parents. I have listed some here. Each story is unique, but there are many unfortunate similarities that can be seen about the lack of services in Ireland.
I have also added the media coverage from the #mindeverybody protest that took place in Dublin on the 17th of November.
***Warning that some of the content may be triggering***
Mind EveryBody in the Media
“Not sick enough”: Irish universities and public facilities failing to treat eating disorders
Trinity News
20 March 2024
‘No other family should have to go through what we went through,’ says mum of anorexia patient
Ali Bracken
Irish Independent
10 March 2024
Galway march demands urgent reform for Eating Disorder Treatment in Ireland
Mika Stetson
Galway Pulse
4 March 2024
Young people with eating disorders campaign for more supports
Adriana Wrona
Irish Independent
2 March 2024
‘I missed all the social experiences of a young person growing up’: Protesters call for urgent reform of eating disorder services
Colin Gleeson
The Irish Times
2 March 2024
Protests calling for urgent action on eating disorder services take place across Ireland
Maeve McTaggart
Irish Independent
2 March 2024
'Understaffed, underfunded,' - Protests demand eating disorder services reform
Ellen Kenny
Newstalk
2 March 2024
Dublin mum demands change as 16-year-old daughter 'trapped' without anorexia treatment
Rebekah O'Reilly
RSVP
2 March 2024
https://www.rsvplive.ie/life/health/dublin-mum-demands-change-16-32253560
Protests to highlight lack of eating disorder services take place in Dublin, Cork, Limerick
Jennie O'Sullivan
RTE News
Saturday, 2 March 2024
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0302/1435570-eating-disorders-protests/
Cork, Limerick and Dublin public protests to demand urgent reform for eating disorder services
Lara Haddaoui
Irish Independent
1 March 2024
Protest to raise awareness of eating disorders taking place in Cork this weekend
RACHEL LYSAGHT
Echo
1 March 2024
https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41342780.html
Protest over eating disorder supports in Limerick this weekend
Limerick's Live95
1 March 2024
Eating disorder protest to be held in the city this weekend
Elizabeth Hearst
FM104
29 February 2024
https://www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-news/eating-order-protest-to-be-held-in-the-city-this-weekend/
Protest to demand urgent reform to eating disorder services
Rachel Cunningham
Dublin Gazette
28 February 2024
https://dublingazette.com/dublinlocalmatters/news/eating-disorder-protest-55533/
Mum whose anorexic daughter spent 13 months in hospital has 'nowhere to turn'
Sylvia Pownall
Irish Mirror
25 February 2024
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/mum-whose-anorexic-daughter-spent-32204528
Protest planned for UHL as Mid-West lacks eating disorder services
Faye Dorgan
Clare Live
24 February 2024
Luna's Eating Disorder Journey & Why There Is An Eating Disorder Protest Mar 2nd
Cork's 96fm Opinion Line
Thursday, 22nd of February 2024
Protests will demand better care for eating disorders
Ann Murphy
Irish Examiner
22nd of February 2024
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41337700.html
The Morning Show with Declan Meehan
East Coast FM
Wednesday 21 February 2024
https://www.eastcoast.fm/on-air/morning-show/
Limerick protest demanding urgent reforms in eating disorder services
Erika Sassone
Irish Independent
21 February 2024
Eating disorder services “seriously lacking” as nationwide protests planned
Newstalk
20 February 2024
‘Profound suffering’ of Irish eating disorder sufferers to be highlighted in March protests
Leinster Leader
20 February 2024
Eating Disorders: 'They have to look more at the core issue' - Calls for more specialised nurses and doctors
The Hard Shoulder
Newstalk
20 February 2024
Nobody should endure the obstacles we faced getting eating disorder care
by Sarah Burke
Irish Independent
20 February 2024
Protests to take place in Dublin, Cork, and Limerick to demand urgent reforms in eating disorder services across Ireland
by Padraig Conlon
Dublin People
20 February 2024
https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2024/02/20/64321-3/
Cork 96FM
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Galway Talks with Keith Finnegan
Galway Bay Radio
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
https://galwaybayfm.ie/listen_back/galway-talks-with-keith-finnegan-94/
Tommy Marren Show
Midwest Radio
Monday, 19 February 2024
Skerries mother Amy's fight to have daughter's eating disorder treated, mind and body together
by Emily Diebold
Skerries News
9 February 2024
Eating Disorders Effect Entire Families – Reform Is Needed To Support Everyone Who Needs Help
by Amy Hanley
Published by The Endless Spiral with Keith Russell
Mum of teen battling anorexia to launch multiple protests seeking reform in treatment
29 Jan 2024
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/mum-teen-battling-anorexia-launch-28529427
Mind Everyone Campaign
Cork Today with Patricia Messinger
27 Nov 2023
https://shows.acast.com/c103/episodes/mind-everyone-campaign
Protesters call for reform of eating disorder services – ‘We're spending every day trying to keep our children alive’
by Adrianna Wrona
Fri 17 Nov 2023 at 20:17
Protesters call for reforms in eating disorder services in Ireland
by Steve Humphreys
Fri 17 Nov 2023 at 13:04
Eating disorders: Children face treatment barriers ‘every step of the way’
Fri Nov 17 2023 - 12:59
Protesters call for reforms to eating disorder services
Updated / Saturday, 18 Nov 2023 10:57
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1117/1417132-eating-disorders/
Protest demanding more to be done for minors with eating disorders taking place today
CLIP • 4 MINS • 17 NOV • MORNING IRELAND
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22322402/
One woman protesting outside the Department of Health
Newstalk Breakfast Highlights
07.45 17 NOV 2023
‘It was a struggle to get help’: Protestors call for reforms in eating disorders services
Lunchtime Live
13.37 17 NOV 2023
'We feel so helpless' - Mother of anorexic girl begins protest outside Department of Health
08.58 17 NOV 2023
'My daughter nearly died' - Irish woman treated for eating disorder in UK for five years
18.18 17 NOV 2023
Stories in Irish News
‘I had to go to three GPs before I got help’ – rise in number of men suffering eating disorders
Niamh Horan
29 January 2023
Slow rollout of eating disorder services 'destroying lives'
By Maria Delaney
11 January 2023
https://www.noteworthy.ie/silent-treatment-recruitment-delays-5965699-Jan2023/
Sufferers of eating disorders ‘failed by the State'
By Helen Bruce
3 July 2022
https://evoke.ie/2022/07/03/news/eating-disorders-state-response
The Explainer x Noteworthy: How is inadequate care impacting people with eating disorders?
By Laura Byrne
5 March 2022
https://www.noteworthy.ie/silent-treatment-podcast-5697014-Mar2022/
People waiting longer to access specialist eating disorder care
By Maria Delaney
1 March 2022
https://www.noteworthy.ie/silent-treatment-wait-for-care-5697883-Mar2022/
Delays, distress, deterioration: Health system failing people with eating disorders
By Maria Delaney
27 February 2022
https://www.noteworthy.ie/silent-treatment-5690285-Feb2022/
'Eating disorders don't just stop': Teenagers losing services on transition to adult care
By Maria Delaney
27 February 2022
https://www.noteworthy.ie/silent-treatment-transition-of-care-5692924-Feb2022/
HSE reports 'surge' in referrals to adult eating disorder services
By Maria Delaney
11 February 2022
https://www.noteworthy.ie/eating-disorders-services-5679688-Feb2022/
‘Do I have to lose her for them to realise?’ says mother of anorexic girl (13) over lack of specialist bed
Kitty Holland, Social Affairs Correspondent
Thu May 13 2021 - 05:00
Young Dublin woman battling anorexia tells how doctors told her she was just 'days away from death'
Denise Smith
Sun 18 Apr 2021 at 02:30
There's been a 66% increase in eating disorder hospital admissions during pandemic in Ireland
Hayley Halpin
21 January 2021
https://www.thejournal.ie/eating-disorders-hospital-admissions-ireland-5331990-Jan2021/
Opinion: Eating disorders are ruthless but specialised regional care is hard to find
by Joyce Russell
Oct 26th 2020, 8:00 PM
https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/regional-eating-disorder-treatment-5240183-Oct2020/
Why anorexia means living in 'mental, physical and emotional hell'
By Rosaleen McElvaney and Joyce Ring, DCU
Updated / Wednesday, 23 Sep 2020 22:00
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0923/1159786-anorexia-ireland-psychological-effects/
Seriously ill teenager battling life-threatening anorexia blasts HSE for 'failing' eating disorder sufferers
Sylvia Pownall Editor, Irish Sunday Mirror
06:00, 2 FEB 2020, UPDATED 08:53, 2 FEB 2020
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/seriously-ill-teenager-battling-life-21412135
'I just wanted to disappear' - Five stone anorexic teen forced to travel to UK due to poor treatment in Dublin
By Claire Scott
16:29, 1 FEB 2018, UPDATED18:29, 1 FEB 2018
'My parents were told I had two weeks left to live' - Anorexia survivor (29)
by Arlene Harris
Wed 19 Jul 2017 at 02:30
'Failed by System.' Dublin teen with severe anorexia brands mental health services ‘a joke’ after being made to wait a month for treatment unit bed
by Fiona Ellis
12th June 2017, 10:47 am, Updated: 12th June 2017, 1:45 pm
TV
Unspoken
18 Nov 2021
Documentary about the crisis in eating disorders among Irish men, with Cormac, Eoin, and Daniel sharing their deeply personal and troubling experiences.
https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/unspoken/242007592177
Prime Time
8 Feb 2019
Health Minister Simon Harris in studio to discuss the overspend on the National Children's Hospital. Nurses still on the picket line with a 3-day strike planned for next week, but what does that mean for patients? What's behind the GAA ticket price hike? And we speak with Emma O'Toole about her battle with anorexia.
Prime Time
The Big Picture: Young and Troubled
Updated / Tuesday, 1 May 2018 17:59
Della Kilroy finds out about mental health issues among the young population, talking to students about their day-to-day pressures as well as other young people and parents currently coping with Ireland's stretched services. The documentary is followed by a studio discussion.
https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2018/0426/959545-the-big-picture-young-and-troubled/