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Social Entrepreneurs and the meaning of madness
Blog by SpunOut.ie Founder Ruairí McKiernan.
It can be pretty intense work, running a national youth initiative and being involved in serious issues like mental health and suicide.
While everyone here at SpunOut.ie takes our work very seriously, we're also prone to a bit of madness now and then.
Well, perhaps I should speak for myself…
I recently took part in a 2-day Social Entrepreneurs Ireland residential at NUIG Maynooth. The residential featured workshops, talks, discussion and debate. Myself and Paul Kelly from Console presented on the recent Tough Times campaign and we heard from people like Mary Davis of Special Olympics Ireland and the Task Force on Active Citizenship, Brody Sweeney from O'Brien's Sandwich bars and other high flyers from the world of business and community work.
Also there was John McCarthy, one of the chief agitators in terms of mental health reform in Ireland, and a pretty controversial one at that! John, a Board member of Concern Worldwide and a former psychiatric patient, runs a project called Mental Health and The Law. He recently ran as a candidate in the general election in Cork.
Pictured here is myself and John and my response to the oh so serious question of 'what motivates you to work for social change?'.
By: Ruairí McKiernan
John McCarthy featured in 'The Naked Election', on Tuesday Sept. 18th on RTE One Television.
Photo by Clare Mulvany
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