Rising from the mire of dependency

THE planned development of an addiction treatment centre on a remote part of the rugged Rathlin Island, off the coast of Co Antrim, will be a case of bringing it all back home to her father’s birthplace for one of Ireland’s top performers.

Frances Black is probably best known as a singer, a sister of Mary and a member of the renowned musical family whose father was a native of Rathlin Island.

But Frances is also arriving at a stage in her life where she is becoming equally well-known for her work in the field of addiction treatment, most especially with her self-founded charitable organisation, RISE (Recovery In a Safe Environment).