Let’s see more support for those managing depression

Let’s hope that we can start now to focus on building ‘a proper constituency of support’, as Olivia O’Leary put it, for people with mental health difficulties, writes Clodagh Finn

When you hear someone like broadcaster Olivia O’Leary speak about how, in her 20s, there were days when she felt like a slug, you know that something big is happening in Irish society.

Her powerful radio column and subsequent interview about her experience of depression was an act of profound generosity that will help so many.