A healthy initiative

First Fortnight, a charity event to raise mental-health awareness – and named for the period of the New Year that many people…

First Fortnight, a charity event to raise mental-health awareness – and named for the period of the New Year that many people struggle to face – will take place at Dublin’s Button Factory on January 15th.

A free public mental-health symposium will precede an evening’s music from And So I Watch You From Afar, CODES, Dark Room Notes and Le Galaxie. Tickets (€10) from firstfortnight.com

Lauren Murphy

Lauren Murphy

Lauren Murphy is a freelance journalist and broadcaster. She writes about music and the arts for The Irish Times