Tony Kelly Interview Interview with former professional footballer, Tony Kelly. Tony is in recovery from a gambling problem, and played with Stoke City, Bury, Leyton, Orient and Bristol City (among others). He is the author of the book ‘Red Card’ and founder of Kelly’s Red Card Consultancy, which provides educational services for problem gambling harm […]
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This live panel discussion is the final, live bonus episode of this podcast series. This event is an interactive dialogue on the mental health system in Ireland facilitated by A Lust for Life- tackling stigma, shame and structural problems in the Irish Mental Health System. The panel discussion tackles the themes arising from the podcast
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Every system is built on an invisible foundation, supported by invisible scaffolding, which is our cultural understanding of mental health. If our system isn’t fir for purpose, what culture, what beliefs are shoring up this system? In this final episode in the six-part series of Where There’s A Will, we will try and shine a
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Children are the most precious and vulnerable members of our society. They are a blank slate- they come into the world with no hang ups, preconceptions, fears or worries. We teach them all that. But more and more, our children are finding it hard to cope. Childhood, this precious, carefree time is becoming a tougher
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This episode turns the lens on ourselves: because while the mental health system needs to be fixed, we have to look at our role in that as a society. We need to ask ourselves: do we have an epidemic of mental health problems in Ireland? How do we contribute to poor mental health through stigma,
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In this episode, we look at Irish mental health policy. We dive into its details and untangle its logic. We’ll examine our mental health system’s architectural drawings- the political drivers behind it, where it has fallen down, and what is needed now, in 2018, to create a new roadmap for Ireland’s mental health. In this
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In this episode, we pull back the curtain and see the inner workings of our mental health system, its origins and legacies. We’ll learn what happened when Ireland moved to close our old asylum system and create something new. And we’ll look at what we are left with now: the problems, the waiting lists and
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We so often hear the message that if you are suffering or having a hard time with your mental health, to just ask for help. The story we don’t often hear is what happens when you do. In the first full-length episode of Where There’s A Will, co-hosts Paula and Ciara talk to Broadcast Journalist
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In this introductory episode, Paula and Ciara, co-hosts of Where There’s A Will introduce the podcast, talk about the premise behind Where There’s A Will, and what they want to achieve by dissecting our mental health system. They lay out our approach to looking at the mental health system in Ireland, and what they want
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The Problem Gambling Podcast By Barry Grant & Tony O’Reilly A podcast exploring issues surrounding problem gambling and gambling related harm. Presented by addiction counsellor, Barry Grant, and addiction counsellor, author and expert by lived experience, Tony O’Reilly. This podcast is an awareness raising project of registered charities, Problem Gambling Ireland and Extern. You, the
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The Problem Gambling Podcast By Barry Grant & Tony O’Reilly A podcast exploring issues surrounding problem gambling and gambling related harm. Presented by addiction counsellor, Barry Grant, and addiction counsellor, author and expert by lived experience, Tony O’Reilly. This podcast is an awareness raising project of registered charities, Problem Gambling Ireland and Extern. You, the
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GROW.ie Podcasts COVID 19 Sile Tracey is joined by Regional Manager Mary Purcell, and Area Co-ordinator Jacki Hehir to here Ned’s amazing story of how GROW helped him overcome severe mental health challenges
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