This week on the show we have another amazing guest - a former professional rugby player with European giants Leinster, lead singer with one of Ireland’s best known bands, The Blizzards, star of TV’s The Voice, mindfulness expert, mental health advocate, award-winning podcaster, philanthropist, best-selling author - Niall “Bressie” Breslin is my very special guest for today. It has been a long time coming but I think the timing for our chat is just perfect and I know you’re going to love it.

In this fascinatingly informative and insightful conversation, Niall speaks about the crucial role that mental health structures play in the country, the failings and solutions. Niall also discusses his powerful new audio series, which is exclusive to Audible “Madman’s Hotel.” An incredible mix of storytelling, podcast and documentary, Madman’s Hotel traces the story of Mullingar’s St Loman’s “lunatic asylum” as they were known in a different time which was founded in 1855 and closed in 2013. It tells the story of one patient in particular, Julia Leonard and the tragic journey her life took which brought her to spend her days behind the imposing grey walls in Westmeath and the programme also aims to shed light on a mental health system tearing at the seams and explores the mysterious disappearance of 1300 graves.

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And don’t forget!

Dermot Whelan Live – The Busy and Wrecked Tour is coming to a theatre near you from Jan 2nd 2025.

Tickets are on sale now so check out dermotwhelan.com for all the details and I can’t wait to get back out on the road and meet you all. The show will be a mix of comedy, craic, meditation and inspiration and hopefully an evening where you can relax and have a laugh and pick up some useful and fun tools too. If you’ve been feeling wound up, worn down, snowed under or bowled over this is the show for you so grab your stressed-out besties and your bedraggled partners, and join me as I travel all over Ireland and beyond and we’ll un-wreck our heads and destress our lives together. Incidentally, I love to see teenagers at my shows too - you just gotta be over 14.

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