First Fortnight is where arts meet mental health

An antidote to the January blues is First Fortnight, Ireland’s only arts festival that discusses mental health and its stigma. 

This year’s festival takes place in Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Wicklow, Kildare and Laois.

There will be screenings of Lenny Abrahamson’s film, Frank (about a talented musician who hides himself inside a large, fake head), in various venues, including Cork’s Triskel Christchurch on January 14.