The Maynooth lecturer on motherhood, scrapping the Leaving Cert and her dream of doing stand-up
Katriona O’Sullivan. Photo: Frank McGrath
Katriona O’Sullivan is an author and lecturer from Coventry, who works in Maynooth University’s psychology department after obtaining her PhD from Trinity College Dublin. She is the author of award-winning book Poor, which chronicles her upbringing, and her experiences of drug addiction in the home, teen pregnancy and homelessness. She lives in Dublin with her husband and has three sons.
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