Mary McEvoy, the actress best known for her role as “Biddy” in Glenroe, spoke to Gavin Grace on today’s edition of The Today Show about her battle with depression. Four in ten people in Ireland have admitted that they would not want to know if a friend or loved one was suffering from depression, according to research undertaken for the launch of Lean on Me Pharmacy, an extension of the successful Lean on Me depression awareness campaign. The statistic shows that a significant proportion of people still have difficulty discussing the topic of depression openly. Mary has lived with depression for the last 15 years and manages it on an ongoing basis and is now campaigning to raise awareness of the illness. If you or someone you know would like more information or support in relation to depression and mental health please call Aware on 1890 303 302 or for young people see www.headstrong.ie
Ciaran Gallagher is a Boxing Columnist with the Irish Daily Mail; he joined Gavin on The Today Show following the news that Boxer Katie Taylor has secured her spot on the Irish Olympic team for the games in London this summer. She received a walkover in her World Championship quarter final in China this morning, after her opponent pulled out because of a neck injury. A short time later, a fighter from Tajikistan beat her French opponent in another quarter final, which saw the Bray lightweight go through to take one of 3 European places up for grabs. Her father and coach Peter says Katie couldn’t even watch the match that secured her place in London!
Dr Máire Finn of the Ennis Family Medical Centre was in studio to answer listener’s medical queries. Today Máire focused on IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome. She discussed the triggers for IBS, symptoms and things you can do to alleviate it. She suggests keeping a diary of things that make your IBS flare up and monitoring these. If you have a query for Dr. Finn please email them to [email protected].
Gavin was also joined in studio by musical guest, Fionnuala Gill. Fionnuala is a singer and musician, world famous for her involvement with Riverdance and Anuna. Fionnuala has now released her solo album “Whispers of Love”. She has sung for the President of Ireland, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Fionnuala brought her harp along and performed a track from her new album
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