Bressie has blasted the government for "using" the arts industry for promotion whilst threatening to take away their Covid-19 payments.
“We are a small industry. And the government announced or voted that people who aren’t going to be looking for jobs are going to lose their Covid payment. The Westmeath native, 39, recently released his own special initiative: the ‘Lockdown Ukulele Rockdown’ to support the Irish Live Event Industry Crew through two initiatives - Minding Creative Minds and the AIST Hardship Fund added:
The Irish rugby ace, who stormed to the top of the pecking order immediately despite arriving just two weeks before final last year, ended up causing controversy when he split from Gill just weeks after they won the ITV2 series. “The last person I went on a date with left me on read the first time I messaged her and I had to do the shameful second message. Very humbling.”“You gotta recognise your own value at some stage.