The Laramie Project, a play about the torture and murder of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming, in 1998, has been seared on my mind since I saw it at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght some years ago.
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Su Carty, who works with the IRFU and World Rugby, is part of Ohana ZERO Suicide. By Murray Kinsella Sunday 17 Jan 2021, 8:00 AM Jan 17th 2021, 8:00 AM 29,312 Views 4 Comments
Su Carty has major experience in rugby as a player, referee, and administrator.
Image: Isaac Peral Photography
Image: Isaac Peral Photography
IT WAS DURING the first lockdown last year that Su Carty had a moment of epiphany.
Working one of her 12-hour shifts as a psychiatric nurse at St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin, covered head to toe in PPE gear but enjoying being back in her old job – “it wasn’t all halo stuff, to be honest” – she was struck by the words of one of her patients.