Sport Ireland asked to fund football-based mental health programme
Shane Ross backs counselling plan aimed at hard-to-reach young men aged up to 30
Minister for Sport Shane Ross has asked Sport Ireland to fund a new football-based counselling programme for young men with mental health problems.
The Breakthrough programme is designed to provide treatment for 18- to 30-year-old men – a group traditionally hard to reach – through a combination of football training and counselling sessions.
Ross was a guest at a recent match between TDs and senators and the young men on the programme at the Shamrock ...
