Orla Freeman: Hospice care gave me the headspace to be there for Shane as his wife
My husband Shane lived so well with cancer for six years. He had chemo every two weeks; he’d…
‘Ireland feels like it’s daring me to complete an obstacle course when I leave the house’
When I was 18, I was in a car accident. My boyfriend was killed. I was paralysed from…
Erica Bracken: ‘My foundation as I knew it changed forever when my mother died’
My mom, Finola Halbert Bracken, passed away suddenly on August 11, 2024. She and the rest of my…
‘My ADHD diagnosis changed everything. I no longer constantly question why I am the way I am’
It was the second of a series of summer performances. I was at the Anam Arts and Cultural…
‘The first time my family saw me, I was singing about who they might be on The Late Late Show’
When you’re brought up with your birth family and everything happens as would generally be expected in life,…
When I was younger I’d gone to theatre, watched it, loved it
I was in hospital having a hysterectomy when Princess Diana’s funeral was on. I had fibroids, benign growths…
Eamonn Keaveney — It’s the trip of a lifetime, just with sore feet
This walk I’m doing, barefoot, is on the back of a 2,000-kilometre walk I did in 2016 around…
‘A dog is the reason I’m here today’
There was a day I decided there was no point anymore. I wanted to end all the pain. I…