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The Mental Health Crisis Ireland Keeps Pretending Isn't Happening - Rob Connolly

The Mental Health Crisis Ireland Keeps Pretending Isn't Happening - Rob Connolly

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He Built One of Dublin's Best-Known Businesses While
Addiction Nearly Took Everything. Rob Connolly on Success, Grief,
Recovery and the Brother He Lost.

Rob Connolly is the founder of The Ink Factory, one of the most
recognisable tattoo studios in Ireland, and a serial entrepreneur
since his teens. But behind the businesses is a life shaped by
addiction from the age of twelve, the loss of his brother John to
suicide, and a long, honest reckoning with what success is really
worth.

Ryan sits down with Rob for one of the most open and moving
conversations Made in Chaos has had, about building a life while
battling addiction, the loss that changed everything, and why he
believes there is always a way back.

What we get into:

Getting into business as teenagers, from nightclubs to The
Ink Factory

Why he built The Ink Factory around community, not just
tattoos

Growing up in an addicted household and using from the age of
twelve

How success became the perfect place to hide an addiction

Mistaking net worth for self-worth, and the hole that no
business could fill

Losing his brother John to suicide, and the years of grief
that followed

The conversation with Ryan that helped Rob reconnect with his
brother in time

Why there is always a way back, no matter how far down

The John Connolly Foundation and the mental health work it
funds

The loneliness and identity crisis facing young men in
Ireland

Why Ireland's mental health system too often fails people
until crisis point

Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from
the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos
exists to platform guests who've turned adversity into
hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.

Follow: @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis

If anything in this episode affects you, support is available in
Ireland. Samaritans are free, 24/7, on 116 123. Pieta (suicide
and self-harm support) is on 1800 247 247, or text HELP to 51444.
The HSE Drugs and Alcohol Helpline is on 1800 459 459.

️ Sponsored by The Ink Factory, Temple Bar.
theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory