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Just in time for Father’s Day, a dormant plant bursts into bloom - The Irish Times

Two years ago on return from holidays I found a small, nondescript plant in my flower bed. It wasn’t unusual for one of my folks to plant something in my garden while they were checking on the house, but I didn’t think it a particularly great spot, or much of a shrub at that, so I pulled it out and set it aside. A week or so later Dad mentioned in passing that he’d planted a peony for me while I’d been away. I was distraught! I’d only recently admired the stunning cerise pink peony in my parents’ garden and so he had bought one and planted it for me with little ceremony, as was his way.

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The Green Room panel discussion

I was delighted to be invited by Newstalk presenter, Orla Barry to take part in this Green Room panel discussion in January 2014. I formed a panel with fellow authors Niamh Boyce and Paul Lynch - we had a lively and enjoyable chat with to Orla about our writing processes and I talked about my path to publication for The Songbird’s Way.

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Looking into the Eye - Irish Daily Mail Article

Now! With that one word, we slipped quietly off the side of the small zodiac speedboat and into the freezing arctic waters below . . . As I slipped into the water, I was filled with nervous excitement and anticipation, which thankfully distracted me from the extreme cold.

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Get to it! - Writing.ie Article

‘Get to it!’ was the slogan for the 2009 Dublin Book Festival, and the picture that went alongside featured a boat with a sail of pages, flying seagull books and a whale’s tail fluke. It was eighteen months since I’d started writing Look into the Eye, my first novel with a whale of a sub-theme, and I was beginning to lose faith that I would ever finish writing it. So I cut out the festival advertisement and hung it beside my bedroom mirror. Every day I would look at the picture, seeing it as motivation to Get to my desk and write.

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