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Jun 2020
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Ep 30 - You Ok Mick Finnegan? | You OK? ...

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Mental health advocate Mick Finnegan talks about the importance of prioritising our mental wellbeing, the power of kindness and how he went from sleeping rough on Dublin’s Grafton St, to studying at Trinity College in the space of 20 years. 
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