Healthy Ireland, a Government-led initiative, is the national strategy to improve health and wellbeing, placing a focus on prevention, individual awareness and keeping people healthy for longer.
Healthy Ireland at Your Library offers the following resources and services to library users in every branch in the country.
Healthy Ireland at Offaly Libraries
Healthy Ireland at Offaly Libraries offers the following resources and services to library users in every branch in the county.
Health Information Services
Regular, informative Healthy Ireland events including talks, discussions and workshops with a focus on physical health, mental health and health literacy. organised in our library branches and online throughout the year. Visit our Events section to see what’s on offer.
Minding Me: January 2024
‘Minding Me’ is a 6-week nutrition, exercise and health education programme for retired adults living in Offaly. It is designed and delivered by EduFIT in partnership with Healthy Offaly, Healthy Ireland, Pobal, the Government of Ireland, Offaly County Council and Healthy Ireland at your Library
Healthy Ireland at Your Library Webinars shared from the HSE 2023:
Positive Psychology & Happiness from HSE Health and Wellbeing
Minding Your Wellbeing – Positive Psychology & Happiness – YouTube
In this video Clinical Psychologist Paula King brings us on an exploration of positive Psychology and discusses how we can find happiness.
Menopause and Me
Minding Your Wellbeing – Menopause and Me – YouTube
In this video health care professionals from the HSE outline some evidence-based practices to make living with the menopause a little bit easier.
Masculinity and Men’s Health
Minding Your Wellbeing – Masculinity and Men’s Health – YouTube
In this video health professionals from the HSE discuss the question “What does real change look like in men’s health?”
Minding Your Wellbeing – Practicing Self Care
Minding Your Wellbeing – Practicing Self Care – YouTube
In this video Theresa McElhinney Senior Health Promotion Officer in the HSE discusses Self Care.
Minding Your Wellbeing – Understanding Our Thoughts
Minding Your Wellbeing – Understanding Our Thoughts – YouTube
In this video Theresa McElhinney Senior Health Promotion Officer in the HSE discusses how we can understand our thoughts better.
Minding Your Wellbeing – Exploring Emotions
Minding Your Wellbeing – Exploring Emotions – YouTube
In this video Theresa McElhinney Senior Health Promotion Officer in the HSE discusses how to explore our emotions.
Minding Your Wellbeing Building – Positive Relationships
Minding Your Wellbeing – Building Positive Relationships – YouTube
In this video Theresa McElhinney Senior Health Promotion Officer in the HSE discusses how to build positive relationships.
Minding Your Wellbeing – Improving Our Resilience
Minding Your Wellbeing – Improving Our Resilience – YouTube
In this video Theresa McElhinney Senior Health Promotion Officer in the HSE discusses how to improve our resilience.
Book Stock
We offer a comprehensive collection of books on health and wellbeing in designated Healthy Ireland areas in our libraries.
Online resources
New e-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines accessible through our eResources