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Friday Outing to Croke Park

By Kate Morgan on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 in Blog.

Written by Cecilia Ryan 9 members of The Basin Club went on a tour of Croke Park on Friday 28 th July. We all had a ball of a time. There were lots of people on the tour. We saw 32 jerseys of the different counties, all different colours. The tour allowed us to see […]


The Shine Basement Resource Centre Cork

By Kate Morgan on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 in Featured, News.

The Shine Basement Resource Centre is based on Washington Street in Cork. We offer a space for members to work on their own recovery as part of a person centred approach. This supportive and inclusive approach to recovery, enables members to gain information and a better understanding of their own mental health. The Basement Resource […]


Headline celebrates 10 years: a discussion of mental health and suicide in the media – past, present and future

By Kate Morgan on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 in Featured, News.

Headline held a symposium, a discussion of mental health and suicide in the media – past, present and future to celebrate its 10 years in operation on 12th July 2017 at the Hilton Kilmainham hotel in Dublin. The event was hosted by Director of Headline, John Saunders and featured leading experts from the field of mental health and […]


Rachael’s Night

By Kate Morgan on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 in News.

Written By Roisín Fanning On Friday the twenty sixth of May, Rachael Hegarty’s book of poetry ‘Flight Paths Over Finglas’ was launched.  Rachael has been the creative writing teacher in the Basin Club for over a decade and has just received her PHD from Queens University, Belfast. The Basin Club members met outside Trinity College and […]


We’re hiring! Are you our new Team Leader for Shine Day Resource Services?

By Kate Morgan on Wednesday, July 26th, 2017 in Featured, Vacancies.

Team Leader – Shine Day Resource Services Reporting to:  Chief Executive Officer (Functional reporting to Finance and Administration Managers) Staff reporting to post – Coordinators of Resource Services and Counsellors Full time post (35hrs per week), Permanent Contract SALARY – Grade VII Point 1 – €50,016 per annum   Location; Currently in Maynooth but Shine […]


Being- by Eva Burke

By Kate Morgan on Thursday, July 13th, 2017 in Blog.

Being. One way or another we are all in a state of being. Present. Living in the moment. Spiritual beings in an empty shell. What comes into being with the air that we breathe, the pulse in our body and the thoughts in our heads. We are separate entities each of us. Being makes me […]


Run with all of your heart for The Basin Club

By Kate Morgan on Friday, July 7th, 2017 in Blog.

Written by Angelín Fanning That morning I had mixed emotions, anxious would I complete the race, thrilled to be a participant and doing it for a wonderful cause. I arose about 8am and faced into the day, ready for what lay ahead of me.  I checked the weather and I knew that the day predicted rain […]


Every Brilliant Thing

By Kate Morgan on Friday, July 7th, 2017 in News.

Every Brilliant Thing is an insightful, one-man show about mental health, which runs at the Pavilion Threatre in Dún Laoghaire between 11th – 16th July.   Back due to popular demand at the Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire Tue 11th – Sun 16th Jul, 8pm | Matinee: Sat 15 & Sun 16 Jul, 5pm Tickets €21/19 | Group Rate: €16 for […]



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