Senator Aubrey McCarthy

So I set up Tiglin along with a number of people back 20 years ago, but I'd seen addiction in my own family growing up.

And so I always said, if I get out of this alive, I'm going to try and make a difference if we can.

So a number of us got together.

We bought a bus, converted to a restaurant.

I was the bus driver.

I got a bus license and we used to pull up on the Cleary's clock.

Now, probably you used to meet for dates under the Cleary's clock.

But we used to use it as a hub.

And we met the most amazing people.

And we realized there's people that are marginalized, people that are homeless, people that are in addiction.

And the state services don't seem to be working.

So over time, we started to plug that gap.

And now we've eight centers, Wicklow, Kildare, Dublin.

So after 20 years, it's an overnight success.

Do you know, as we went along, it grew organically, and you realise the people that are homeless, they need, some people have mental health addiction support, so you need them.

So we bought the National Mountaineering Centre in 2008.

We got a mortgage from AIB for 110%.

Do you remember those wonderful days before the tide went out?

But that allowed us to buy the place and help people.

But then you realise the people that are in rehab, they can't go back to the very place they got sick in the first place, whether that's Drogheda, Kildare or Coolock.