The HSE will extend a review of children’s mental health care in north Kerry to examine cases before 2022, with urgent calls for it to go as far back as 2010 and to include all of Kerry. “A full review of all Kerry Camhs files needs to be undertaken dating back to 2010, at least,” he wrote. Mr Rolls said the review shows the problems are more widespread than those revealed by the Maskey Review in South Kerry Camhs. Hannah Ní Ghiolla Mhairtín said: “As families, we are heartbroken and angry at the findings of the report into North Kerry Camhs. In the Dáil, Taoiseach Micheál Martin acknowledged that children under the care of Camhs in Kerry had not received appropriate care.

Source: Irish Examiner February 19, 2026 16:31 UTC