Perspectives on Prevention

In this special live recording of Perspectives on Prevention, Marian Quinn sits down with Dean Hehir to talk about community, compassion and the belief that your past does not have to define your future.

Dean shares his story of growing up without the safety nets that prevention and early intervention can offer, and how that experience fuels his commitment to building them now, for others.

Through his work in his own community and as a father, Dean is helping to create the kind of opportunities and support that every child deserves.

This is a powerful yet gentle conversation about resilience, belonging and the ripple effect of compassion in action – a reminder that prevention is not just a policy, but a promise we make to each other.

About the series

Perspectives on Prevention is a podcast series from the Prevention and Early Intervention Network, a membership organisation which seeks to promote and support prevention and early intervention approaches with children, families and communities. In each episode Marian Quinn, one of the PEIN founders, chats to people who have experiences to share, insights to explore, and expertise to draw on from the field of child and family services. You can listen to Perspectives on Prevention on Spotify, Apple, Nearcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to subscribe for all the latest episodes. If you’d like to suggest someone for us to chat to we’d love to hear from you, just drop us an email at info@pein.ie . For more information please visit www.pein.ie

Perspectives on Prevention is made with the Nearcast podcast network, for more information on Nearcast visit https://nearcast.ie/get-involved/

The music on this podcast is a track called Driven to Success by Scott Holmes, the music appears here under a Creative Commons License. Visit scottholmesmusic.com