First Fortnight

Lifeline – First Fortnight Mental Health Art & Cultural Festival

admin January 12, 2023

Maria Fleming, First Fortnight CEO will join Debbie McMahon on the phone to talk about their festival.

Week in Review 8th January 2022

declanralph January 10, 2022

Declan Ralph Sarah Bermingham and Ken Kilbride with all the local news stories and events happening locally followed by two great conversations with Conor Horgan from Irish Business Against Litter and Maria Fleming from the First Fortnight Festival……Local jobs and volunteering opportunities…

Lifeline: First Fortnight

admin January 10, 2020

Mark Bradshaw spoke to David Keegan CEO from First Fortnight , David talks about what’s happening over the next couple of weeks. First Fortnight is a mental Art & Culture Festival , each year they endeavor to bring thought provoking and conversation…

Northside Today 11 01 2019 Richard Curtin, Coastal Programme Officer with An Taisce’s Clean Coasts

George Mulcahy January 11, 2019

Beach and Canal Clean-ups Richard Curtin, Coastal Programme Officer with An Taisce’s Clean Coasts talks to Noel McGuinness about the next Bull Island Action Group clean-up that takes place on Saturday 19th January 2019 from 11am to 1pm. He also speaks about…

First Fortnight Founder David Keegan talks to Norma Burke on Northside Today

admin January 15, 2018

First Fortnight is a charity-with the expressed aim of challenging mental health prejudice through the creative arts, interactive events and the provision of creative therapies to marginalised groups. Founder David Keegan kindly spoke to Northside Today about the festival and the importance…

Lifeline 9th January 2018 J.P. Swain – First Fortnight

George Mulcahy January 9, 2018

Lakshmy is joined on Lifeline by J.P. Swain of First Fortnight where they chat about the work of the organisation in areas of Mental Health.

First Fortnight Mental Health Arts Festival 2017

admin January 9, 2017

JP Swaine, Co-Founder of First Fortnight, talks to Noel McGuinness about this year’s First Fortnight Mental Health Arts Festival. First Fortnight is a not-for-profit arts-based mental health awareness project run by a group of volunteers. Their key aim is to challenge the…

Challenging Mental Health Stigma

admin January 18, 2016

DAVID KEEGAN is co-founder of the First Fortnight Mental Health Arts Festival. He talks to Noel McGuinness about this year’s festival and what is being done to challenge mental health stigma.

admin January 12, 2016

On Lifeline Presenter Leslie Murphy interviews the Organiser and Commerical Director for First Fortnight Steve Cummins. First Fortnight is a charity-based organisation with the express aim of challenging mental health prejudice through the creative arts. We believe the arts allow us to…

First Fortnight Conversation Salons

admin January 11, 2016

The First Fortnight Mental Health Arts Festival runs until 17th January 2016 with a wide variety of events taking place in Dublin and around the country with the aim of challenging mental health stigma. Conversation Salons are part of this year’s First…