In 2007 a group on people came together in Belfast to train to become facilitators of hearing voices self help groups. Some of those people were interviewed on Feile FM. Paddy McGowan, Jacqui Dillon, Brian Hartnett, Marty Daly, Tracy Millar Read More…
RTE Morning Edition’s reporter Aisling Riordan spends time with Paul Leavy who tells her how he is doing well and managing his schizophrenia effectively. Brian Hartnett from Hearing Voices Ireland (HVI) (www.voicesireland.com) speaks about his own recovery from the Limerick Read More…
Interview with Brian Hartnett and Paul Feron from RTE’s Afternoon Show 2009
The original interviews featured on a CD put together by Brian Hartnett of HVI in 2006. Four people talk about their lives and how hearing voices has had an influence on them. Click on each persons name to hear them… Read More…
Angela Carrazza is an art therapist who facilitates a hearing voices group in Cork. Michelle Dalton is a voice hearer who attends the group. Ryan Tubridy interviews both women on his 2FM show. Listen to part one HERE and part Read More…
Kath first started hearing voices when she drove her car into the sea. Kath talks to Brian Hartnett of HVI about how her experience has developed over the last ten years. Listen HERE (10 mins)
Madness Radio based in Portland, Oregon, USA. Will Hall interviews Brian Hartnett of HVI. Brian talks about growing up in Ireland, music, the rave scene, recreational drugs and spirituality. Listen HERE (50 mins)
RTE’s Documentary on 1 series with Peter Woods from 2007. Peter interviews Brian and Michelle about their life with mental illness, music and life. He entitled it ‘Jungle is Rough’. Listen HERE (42 mins)
Dr. Michael Corry (RIP) consultant psychiatrist and Brian Hartnett (HVI) on Newstalk FM talk about the Psychosis Dialogues run by Michael in Dublin and Brian talks about his experience of hearing voices and medication. See also http://wellbeingfoundation.com/ Listen to the interview Read More…
Brian talks to Corks 103FM about the development of his voice hearing experience and the launch of HVI in 2006. You can listen to it HERE (20 mins)
A group of voice hearers, professionals and interested parties came together in 2007 in Belfast to be trained by Jacqui Dillon of Intervoice to facilitate hearing voices groups. Brian interviews the group and hears many different viewpoints on what a Read More…
Brian has done many interviews with students doing various courses connected with mental health over the years. Here he talks to Tim Evans who was studying counselling at the time about how he developed Schizophrenia and a voice hearing experience Read More…
Brian Hartnett lectures to students in colleges in Ireland about his experience of voice hearing and the mental health system. Featured here is a two part lecture to student occupational therapists in NUIG from 2009. Part one is Brian telling Read More…
Grainne Humphrys partner in 2009 was incarcerated in Carraigmor in Cork. He had committed no crime yet his freedom was taken away. This is an at time humorous discussion between two friends about the mental health system and how it Read More…
PJ has been through a lot in his life and its been a learning experience. Although not a voice hearer PJ has extensive experience of the mental health arena and we are sure you will find this chat with Brian Read More…
Written by Grainne for John Hunt:- Schizophrenia Wise as a serpent, my love Gentle as a dove You are a hand that gives A heart that holds Some pain, some beauty Some terror, some divinity Your life is to be Read More…
Owen Dureke is a poet from Tralee Co. Kerry, Ireland. He is published in the following four anthologies: Breacadh, (ed. Rosemary Canavan) Mermaid’s Purse (ed. Emma Cooke) Hearts of Kerry (ed. Noel King).and Doghouse Book of Ballad Poems (ed. Noel Read More…
After the launch of HVI in 2006 Tony Bates of Headstrong wrote the article below for the Irish Times. Mind Moves November 14th 2006 – Listening to our voices. When Brian spoke openly about the challenge of living with “voices”, Read More…
Hearing Voices – putting things into context … and moving on (an article by Thomas Wiegandt as response to the Hearing Voices conference in Cork 10-11-06) Trapped (in our mind) The western world with its predominantly materialistic view of today¹s Read More…
The following is a list of feedback submitted to HVI after its launch in 2006. • Well done on yesterday, great day. Count me in on this, its a very important initiative, and one that seems to me to have Read More…
Brian Hartnett of HVI gave an interview with Joy Orpen of the Sunday Independent in April 2013. You can read the article here. SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 21st April 2013 VOICE YOUR CONCERNS Some people, like Brian Hartnett, can hear others talking Read More…
LIMERICK MENTAL HEALTH WEEK 2009 SPEECHES Thanks to Fiona, Tara, Cian & Ann Kennedy @ St. Nessans Community College Limerick. Fiona Beville’s Speech: Ladies and Gentlemen, People are complex human beings. There are many dimensions to our lives and these Read More…