{"id":743,"date":"2013-12-18T14:15:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T14:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=743"},"modified":"2014-11-10T10:17:32","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T10:17:32","slug":"banter-at-first-fortnight-over-the-bar-070-jan-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/banter-at-first-fortnight-over-the-bar-070-jan-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Banter at First Fortnight: Over the Bar (070, Jan 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"
It gives us great pleasure to start 2014 in the company of the\u00a0First Fortnight<\/a>\u00a0festival. Since 2009, First Fortnight have been talking about and examining mental health through the creative arts. They\u2019ve put together\u00a0a fascinating programme\u00a0<\/a>of visual art, film, music, spoken word, theatre and discussions for their 2014 run.<\/p>\n Our contribution to the festival is Over the Bar<\/a>, a panel\u00a0looking at how sports teams and individual athletes deal with the issue of mental health.<\/p>\n Given that sportsmen are exposed to win-at-all-costs pressure from a young age, there is a growing need for all codes to address how mental health issues are responded to and whether the culture around sport is conducive to promoting a tolerant response to those experiencing difficulty. The discussion will look at the many issues around mental health in sport and what teams, clubs, organisations and managers should be doing to help, both during and after a player\u2019s career, especially given the reticence by men in particular to speak about these issues.<\/p>\n The panel:\u00a0Richie Sadlier<\/a>\u00a0(formerly irish professional football player and CEO St Patrick\u2019s Athletic and currently pundit for RTE Sports and Second Captains and Sunday Independent columnist),\u00a0David Gillick<\/a>\u00a0(athlete \u2013 400 metres gold medal winner at 2005 and 2007 European Indoor Championships) and\u00a0Liam Moggan<\/a>\u00a0(Coaching Ireland).<\/p>\n