Gavin Beasley

Whiskey fueled wisdom. Might tweet sober. No promises🥃. Kerry for Sam 🟢🟡 & the FAI Cup🏆☘️

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

@EwanMacKenna Kerry are shite 😉

[Scottish FA @ScottishFA]

Scottish FA Statement | Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

[Athletic Club @Athletic_en]

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Zorionak from Bilbao, Bhoys! Champions again!

#AthleticClub 🦁

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

Taiwanese whiskey ✅
Carrauntoohil glass ✅
Roaring fire ✅
Masters on ✅
Happy Saturday, Slainté 🥃☘️

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Why doesn't the media talk about the peacekeepers killed by Israel in Lebanon?

Israel deliberately killed three UN Indonesian peacekeeper and wounded others in Lebanon.

Israel cannot continue to be treated as a full member of the UN.

Attacking UN peacekeepers is an abomination which was in the past perpetrated by terrorists, but never by members of the UN.

Some of you pretended to care what the UN had to say in 1948. Do you care that the UN of today has had more UN personnel killed in the last 2 years than in its history.

This is the moment we can salvage what remains of the UN and international law. I call on everyone to unite for the sake of our humanity and to end impunity for violating international law.

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

@fesshole @KennyTully I think we know who the author of this one is🤣

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

Cmon Ireland☘️🇮🇪
#shouldertoshoulder

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

@fesshole Literally making you go blind…..

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

@fesshole Found him

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

@fesshole Fifty shades of silence….

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

@fesshole Squeaky bum time, literally….

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

@SparesCeltic at the billy mcneill statue. One spare ticket.

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

@fesshole Gravity stole her IQ while you swiped right

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Suicide.

I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.

You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.

Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.

I know 2 men who hung themselves.

One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.

A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.

So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?

A segway for a moment.

I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.

After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..

"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".

Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.

"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.

After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".

Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".

And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.

Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.

If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.

They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".

They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.

If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.

Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.

So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.

You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.

For those who struggle, you're not alone.

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

Origen, Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote. Michelin standard without the Michelin price tag. If you’re coming to Lanzarote eat here. You won’t go home without a return visit! 👌🏻🤤

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

Go see Coldplay at least once. Best show ever. Outstanding. #Coldplay #Coldplaywembley

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

@StubHub hi, my tickets for Coldplay London tonight have not arrived. Who can I discuss with?

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

@IrelandFootball Campaign over

[YBIG @YouBoysInGreen]

If Evan Ferguson scores first, we will give soemone who retweets this post a YBIG Adidas jersey.

Come on Ireland
#YBIG
#irehun

[Gavin Beasley @Gavin_Beasley]

Kids in the leaba, wife away for the night, time for a rest! @ryeriverbrewing IPA and @jamesonwhiskey 18 year old. Life is short. Sláinte 🥃 #saturdaynightsip