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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Lifestyle
Siobhan O'Connor

What is Blue Monday and why is it the most depressing day of the year? How to beat the January blues

Today is Blue Monday – the most depressing day of the year.

Researchers say the third week in January is when we are at our lowest – it’s cold, it’s dark, we’re broke and there are no holidays on the horizon.

It was originally the concept of Dr Cliff Arnall, a tutor at Cardiff University’s Centre for Lifelong Learning, in 2005.

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