The Meaning Of Life

10.25PM, RTé ONE ★★★★

Joe Duffy invites mental health campaigner, former senator and Presidential candidate Joan Freeman (pictured) to talk about her views on life. During the episode, she offers her insights into the impact of suicide on families, and reveals why she chose the iconic image of Michaelangelo’s Pieta for Pieta House, the suicide intervention charity she founded. Joan is also involved in the annual charity walk Darkness Into Light, and here she discusses the inspiration behind it, while also reflecting on her faith and the toll politics took on her mental health.