My Childhood with Sharon Shannon: ‘If I had to do it all again, I wouldn’t go to school at all’
Sharon Shannon is reluctant to share her earliest memory. Not because it’s so precious, but because people often…
My Childhood with Karen Koster: I didn’t know how good I had it until I left home
Karen Koster didn’t move out of home until she was 29. The television presenter wonders if she may…
My Childhood with Mary Kennedy: ‘We had no money but we had fabulous times’
Mary Kennedy has three siblings yet considers herself one of seven. That’s because the TV presenter grew up…
My childhood with Laura Fox: ‘I didn’t have an ounce of shyness in me growing up’
LAURA Fox spoke to the Irish Examiner just days after marrying her husband Brian Moran in an intimate…
Dad was my best friend, counsellor and confidant
LOTTIE RYAN believes her weekly podcast with her sister, Bonnie, has brought them closer. “She’s in Brooklyn, and…
My parents ran one of those houses where the door was always open
Jacqui Hurley is grateful to her parents for opening her eyes to the world and all its opportunities.…
‘I succeeded because I had mam and dad in my corner’
Carl Mullan’s earliest memory is of being woken in the middle of the night by his grandmother. His…
‘My father always said no son of his would fight for America’
Sports commentator and television presenter Marty Morrissey may have spent his first 10 years of life in America,…