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Fig O’Reilly, NASA datanaut and beauty queen: ‘When are we going to stop minimising women to just one thing?’

NASA Datanaut, former Miss Universe Ireland, CBS correspondent; Fig O’Reilly talks to Liadán Hynes about why women leave…

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‘When he went to bed, we’d fall apart in each other’s arms’

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Making the leap: When leaving your ‘dream’ job is the right thing to do

What happens when the dream job is no longer living the dream? Leaving apparent career gold to leap…

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Irish journalist Shaunagh Connaire on her ‘off the charts’ job with the Clooney’s

The Emmy-nominated Longford journalist talks to Lia Hynes about her career path, being a mum in NYC, and…

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How to handle procrastination and the dread of getting things done

Liadan Hynes explores the myriad ways a person can find their way back to themselves, including managing procrastination.…

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‘There was very little they didn’t do to me, every day for a year’

Despite a history of horrific sexual and racial abuse growing up in a small Irish town, Chantal Kangowa…

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Rosanna Davidson: ‘I had sort of accepted that I was a girl who couldn’t have a baby herself’

For Mother's Day Lia Hynes sits down with Rosanna Davidson, whose exceptional journey into motherhood has given many…

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Single parenting in a pandemic: ‘I cry alone in the car so the kids don’t see me’

Being a single mother has always been a juggling act, but the pandemic is forcing single parents to…

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The reality of a decade of IVF: ‘I felt like a little light had gone out in me’

Lisa spent her thirties undergoing relentless fertility treatments in an attempt to have a baby. Here, she talks…

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Liadán Hynes: Will Covid cost me my friendships?

Liadán Hynes on how friendship has fared during the pandemic.I was about 100 hundred yards away from her…

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My husband was fifty-six when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

Owen Gallagher was fifty-six when diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. On World Alzheimer's Day his wife Carolann Duggan talked to…

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Family of Irish man stuck in China: ‘His mental health and physical health are so low, it can’t get any worse’

Richard O’Halloran has been held in China for two years. Here, his wife Tara talks to Liadán Hynes…

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