Blame a voracious curiosity, or the gig economy, but the man regularly known as Bressie is today as much of an academic, mental health campaigner and documentary maker as he is a musician. Mostly, thank God, life seems to be good, but moments of pain are as much a part of the journey we're all on. It also speaks to the focus of Breslin’s PhD research in Irish historical mental health intervention. “Over 200 years, I've been looking at all the various ways we've approached mental health and the systems that have been used to support people,” he says. Niall Breslin & The Polaris Quartet play Live At St Luke's in Cork on Friday, April 10 at 8pm.

Source: Irish Examiner March 19, 2026 01:30 UTC