While working in the commercial department for a healthcare provider in the mid-2000s, Stephen Costello noticed something.  As American companies looked more into expanding employment in Ireland, the two countries, and their cultures, did not see eye-to-eye on employee mental health.  American companies, many spurned from Silicon Valley tech start-up culture with gym memberships baked into employment contracts and unlimited paid time off, expected the same benefits for their employees in Ireland. As Costello put it, the US was “five to six years ahead of where we were in Ireland,” where many of the mental health benefits afforded by American…

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