GAA team up with Movember ahead of All-Ireland semi-final to highlight men’s mental health
Workshops and initiatives have been in progress across Ireland since last year. The GAA have announced they are teaming up with men’s health organisation Movember, as well as the Gaelic Player’s Association (GPA) ahead of this weekend’s All-Ireland semi final for a new fan zone initiative to highlight men’s mental health. The initiative also aims […]
1 year ago
Here’s how your sports club can win a prize worth €1,500 this Movember
Brought to you by Movember. Get growing, fellas. November is imminent, and we all know what that means. That’s right, it’s the return of the Mo. Now in its 20th year, Movember invites men to unite and embrace their inner Ron Swanson for a whole month while raising some vital funds to support men’s health. The money […]
2 years ago
‘I was so stressed the week before the All-Ireland and I ended up having a panic-attack’ – O’Shea and O’Sullivan open up
For Graham O’Sullivan, it all came to a head on the week of the All-Ireland final. He was in the Gaeltacht that week, up in Galway, and the road to Kerry wasn’t getting any shorter. Everything seemed to be piling up and, for the first time in his life, on the biggest week of his […]
3 years ago
“I was living day to day” – Shane Carthy and Cormac Ryan open up about their past and present struggles
“I didn’t see past the next day.” Successful sports stars are often the envy of us mere mortals, who can only watch from our sofas as these human specimens jump higher than we’ve ever seen, run faster than we can comprehend, and do it all in front of a packed crowd and live television cameras. […]
3 years ago
“I just need to get through this day now” – McConville and McNamee discuss the future and the past
Niall McNamee and Oisin McConville caught up recently on the Carrickgollogan forest trail in Kilternan. They met up as part of their Movember rucking challenge and, over the course of their walk up the Dublin mountains, the pair reflect on relationships, gratitude and addiction whilst looking to the future. It’s fitting in that sense, regarding […]
3 years ago
“I wasn’t having the worst time of my life… I just wasn’t happy.” – O’Hora and Keegan discuss mental health struggles
Just a few weeks before they went toe-to-toe in the Mayo county final, Lee Keegan and Padraig O’Hora walked shoulder-to-shoulder up the Foxford forest trail. They may be county players and they may be heroes to many but, like the rest of us, they’re only human too. They face the same struggles that we do […]
3 years ago