Where There’s a Will intends to challenge a mental health system that is “failing” the country. Since co-founding mental health charity A Lust for Life in 2015, Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin has displayed a keen focus on mental health in Ireland. As such, the new podcast series from A Lust for Life aims to ask tough […]

8 years ago

Welcome to Episode 33 of The JOE Show! It’s The JOE Show Christmas Special. Bressie joins us in studio to tell us about the ‘A Lust for Life’ #SOUNDEFFECT campaign, Kodaline play Christmas Charades, The Eskies covers ‘Stay another day’ by East 17 for this week’s Magic Cover with Dove Men+ Care, Justine Stafford shows […]

9 years ago

“It’s chipping away and making people go, ‘Fuck, that’s not a bad idea’.”

9 years ago

Electric Picnic is so close we can smell the chips and taste the mud. Festivals have long graduated from days of exclusively showcasing musical acts. They are celebrations and increasingly they are places for ideas to spread and activists to get their message across to people who might never have heard it before. In the […]

10 years ago

Niall Breslin spoke at #JOElive: Mental Health last Wednesday night, and here’s the full video of what he had to say. For a full transcript of Bressie’s speech, click here >

10 years ago

On Wednesday night, a number of speakers took to the stage in Dublin’s Smock Alley to talk about mental health. Among the speakers was Niall Breslin, or Bressie, who spoke with passion about how we are now in the “what the fuck are we going to do about it?” phase in dealing with mental health […]

10 years ago