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Merle O’Grady

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07th Dec 2013

Currently based London Bridge, London Going home to Dalkey, Dublin?

This Christmas is an especially poignant one for the jewellery queen, as Merle is moving permanently back to our shores for the new year. ?Nothing beats the atmosphere of Dublin on Christmas Eve – the mad dash to pick up last-minute presents and ingredients, bumping into friendly faces you haven’t seen for ages, and properly catching up with friends for hours over Baileys and hot ports beside the fire in the Central Hotel’s Library Bar.?