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06 Sept 2025

Pictures: For Your Eyes Popey - Glitzy James Bond night for Kilkenny Samaritans

Click to see picture by Vicky Comerford

Brent spoke from the heart of his own struggles with mental health and how the Samaritans saved his life. His project, Elephant In the Room, came about as a result of him seeing the Cats in Kilkenny created with the Art of fundraising and tourism.

In collaboration with Dave Southern, they came up with a four-foot elephant which artist are invited to paint. Two of the elephants were in the Pembroke on Saturday — a tribute to Charlie Bird by Niall O’ Loughlin and Pepsi by local artist Eoghan O’ Driscoll, both of which have returned to Dublin for an exhibition in July.

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