Limerick influencer Louise Cooney's very personal reason for getting involved in mental health

'If I can do anything to help people not have to go through that experience, then I have to do it'

Ahead of World Mental Health Day this Saturday, Pieta launches it’s free video counselling service available online. The new service will be provided in addition to the crisis intervention Helpline, its text line and its ‘in-person’ counselling service which the charity currently provides across 19 locations nationwide. Picture: Sean Curtin True Media.

In APRIL of last year Louise Cooney, the Limerick influencer with more than 210, 000 followers on Instagram, raised over €75,000 for Pieta House, the suicide prevention charity. 

Up until the pandemic hit, Louise had been living her best life in New York but she had a very personal reason for getting involved.