Mental Health Ireland was founded in 1966. Our Mission is to promote and enhance mental health and wellbeing and to create a culture where we are all respected and supported, especially when our mental health is challenged.

We are governed by a Board of Directors, who come from a range of different backgrounds, specialisms and experiences. The Board are supported and informed by Governance and Finance Committees. Our Head Office team are based in Dún Laoghaire in Co. Dublin. This is where our CEO, Chief Operations Officer, Finance, Communications, Fundraising, Mental Health Promotion, Education, Training, & e-Mental Health, Human Resources, and Administration team members are based.

We have 10 Development Officers across the country who link with our network of Mental Health Associations, volunteers and community groups, promoting mental health and supporting recovery in their communities. Mental Health Ireland are now also the employer of people working in recovery education and peer led community services across the country. The team members work in a variety of different settings including Recovery Education Services, Mental Health Services, Involvement Centres and Peer Led community services.

In late 2021, we published our new Mental Health Ireland strategic plan, ‘Mental Health for All: Hope, Strength & Action’.

Mental Health Ireland looks forward to the future with confidence. As a national voluntary organisation our role is to listen and respond to people within local communities and to fashion solutions that best fit these needs.

The coproduction of this document with our team, volunteers, community and National partners was invaluable to understanding these needs. As we move forward, it is this understanding and our continued partnerships and relationships that will allow us to act and respond to these needs.