So for our listeners who may not be familiar with what institutional living was all about, can you tell us a little bit about your history living in an institution in Ireland and what that was like for you day to day, Paul?

Yeah, the thing about living in institutions, I moved into institutions in 1983 and then I was told by a social worker that I would be only six months there and then six months ended up 32 and a half years in the institutions.

You had to do what you were told to do and then you had no other choice.

And then if you were getting your meals, you got your meals at certain times and then you had to be up in the mornings at eight o'clock in the morning.

And then you go over to the workshops and then do the work in the workshops.

And then I used to work in a newsagent here for ten hours a week and only get five a week.

That was discrimination, I think, at the end of the day.

So tell us a little bit about that journey to leaving the institution.

So for our listeners who may not be familiar with what institutional living was all about, can you tell us a little bit about your history living in an institution in Ireland and what that was like for you day to day, Paul?

Yeah, the thing about living in institutions, I moved into institutions in 1983 and then I was told by a social worker that I would be only six months there and then six months ended up 32 and a half years in the institutions.

You had to do what you were told to do and then you had no other choice.

And then if you were getting your meals, you got your meals at certain times and then you had to be up in the mornings at eight o'clock in the morning.

And then you go over to the workshops and then do the work in the workshops.

And then I used to work in a newsagent here for ten hours a week and only get five a week.

That was discrimination, I think, at the end of the day.

So tell us a little bit about that journey to leaving the institution.