Endorsements

Congratulations! What a wonderful wonderful happening. - Kathy Sinnott - MEP

Well done! It was a fantastic day. There was such a great atmosphere. People were talking about ‘madness’, ‘mental illness’, ‘music’, ‘diagnosis’, ‘creativity’ and lots more. They were playing and eating and enjoying themselves. It was, as you always wanted it to be, a ‘family fun-day’. The day, and the publicity before and after, associated ‘madness’ not with danger, violence, threat, hospitals, injections and the like but with images of families enjoying themselves, musicians singing their hearts out and (thank God!) sunshine. There are lots of struggles in the field of mental health and lots of battles to be fought. There are times to be angry but also times to celebrate. In terms of the struggle against stigma, it was probably the best thing that ever happened in Ireland. Pat Bracken - HSE

I saw the piece on the night it was broadcast; it was excellent. The footage looked great. It was a major event to put together and it seemed to go really well so you must be delighted. Angie O'Brien - HSE