For Their Own Good
FOR THEIR OWN GOOD. On his visit to Canada last week Pope Francis apologised to the First Nation people for their treatment at the hands of the Catholic church which, in the name of being ‘for their own good’ forcibly pursued policies which proved disastrous for their culture and way of life. In Ireland, we […]
MindFreedom Ireland Press Release
MINDFREEDOM IRELAND PRESS RELEASE. May 3rd, 2022. Having had to cancel our annual public protest against the practice of electroshock for the past two years, we are glad to announce its resumption next Saturday at The Peace Park, Grand Parade, Cork starting at 2 pm. Electroshock involves passing an electric current through the brain sufficient […]
Akathisia – Adverse Effects of Medication
Dr Ed White bravely and tirelessly campaigned to find out the truth about prescription drugs especially SSRIs. May he rest in peace and may more doctors be inspired by his dedication to the truth about psychotropic drugs. While ‘antidepressants’ may seem to work for some, most people like Ed have found withdrawal extremely difficult. They […]
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
MINDFREEDOM IRELAND. 16, Manor Close, Thornbury Hgts., Rochestown. Cork. 21st July, 2021. HE M.D. Higgins, President of Ireland, Aras an Uachtarain, Dublin D08E1W3 Dear Mr. President, Given your long-standing record as a defender of human rights all over the world and as a spokesperson on behalf of downtrodden people, we are writing to you now […]
New addition
A new addition to the present website in action by Lexie Hurley and Mary Maddock
MindFreedom Ireland Annual Report 2020
With obvious restrictions on movement and social contact, our annual report for the past year will be correspondingly truncated. Nevertheless, there was some activity to report, much of it in the form of creative alternatives. For example, our longstanding annual shock protest usually held on The Grand Parade in Cork in May was confined to […]
Happy Christmas 2020
Jigsaw Lockdown 2020
Jigsaw Lockdown 2020 Reflections of a proud madwoman/MindFreedom When I was a young child I loved to do jigsaws. Living in the west of Ireland in a small rural village, I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to make some jigsaws with my family. Many years later after I got married and moved to […]
Coming Out Of The Darkness
In his poem The Forge, the Irish Nobel Prizewinner Seamus Heaney wrote: “All I know is a door into the dark” And it was into the dark, literally and metaphorically, that I was heading, on a stormy January night in 1976, as I was driven along winding country roads and through the gates of St. […]
Peace of Mind
Peace of Mind Today on 10/10/2020, 20 years free from poisonous, prescription synthetic chemicals, I am MadProud to know the truth about coercive, oppressive, fraudulent, toxic psychiatry! For more than 20 years I was a psychiatric prisoner because of all the propaganda which abounded around ‘mental health/mental illness, especially the idea that I had a […]