President Higgins praises arts project for drug users

President Michael D Higgins praised an arts project for drug users, saying it empowers people to explore “positive aspects” of themselves, to defeat the “negative”.

At the launch by RADE (Recovery through Art, Drama and Education) of a comic book and a documentary, both on 1916, the President said their work combined rehabilitation with an artistic environment.

“I became familiar with RADE’s work about five or six years ago and visited some of its workshops very early on,” said the President.