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Sat 06 Jun 2009Cork afternoon festival uses laughter to dispel stigma of mental illness
“SAY IT loud – I’m mad and I’m proud,” that’s the message from the organisers of Ireland’s second Mad Pride Festival which kicks off in Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork city tomorrow afternoon.
Mad Pride is the brainchild of John McCarthy, a campaigner for the rights of those with mental illness, who explained the purpose of the event is to dispel commonly held misconceptions about mental illness.
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