Wayne has worked with people affected by homelessness, mental illness, Intimate Partner abuse and addiction. He also does a lot of work with children and teenagers with learning disabilities.

His has lived and worked in Ireland and in USA.

The latter is where he got his inspiration for his debut Album, Tales from the Tenderloin, released under the name http://www.streetcornermessiahs.com/ (Street Corner Messiahs )

He is currently Psychology PhD at UCC in which the focus of the research is the experience of men as victims of Domestic violence.

He is also working on his second album and should start recording in January 2021.

You can find more about Wayne on https://twitter.com/SCMessiahs (Twitter) or https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-wayne-mcsweeney-6017b023/ (LinkedIn).

Photo by Erich Stack

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Wayne's music choice

Tom Waits - Martha

Lou Reed - Caroline says 2

Eric Clapton - Somewhere over the rainbow (I picked the version, sorry Wayne !)

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