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Sorcha Heron currently works in Newstalk 106-108fm as acting deputy station editor. She has been working in radio for the past 7 years. After graduating from UCD with a degree in History and Politics, she travelled to Japan to teach English for 3 years. The first word she learnt in Japanese was ‘gokiburi’ which means [...]
Continue ReadingJennie is co-creator of What Will I Wear Today, an Irish fashion website that tackles fashion and lifestyle trends in a cheeky and light-hearted manner. The energetic pace and tone of the site has cemented WWIWT as one of Ireland’s most loved websites and international press has taken note. WWIWT won the European Best Blogger Competition with ONLY Jeans, been [...]
Continue ReadingBorn in 1980, Chloe Early grew up in Cork, Ireland. She graduated from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 2003 and moved to London in 2004, where she has lived and worked since. Her paintings have been exhibited in group and she has had solo shows in London, Los Angeles, Miami, [...]
Continue ReadingNATALIEBCOLEMAN studied fashion at Limerick School of Art & Design and on the MA course at Central St. Martins, London. She has worked in Industry for such fashion labels as threeASFOUR, New York and Ragna Frodadottir, textile designer in Iceland before establishing her own Womenswear label in 2010 which has now expanded to Silk Scarves, [...]
Continue ReadingRuth Negga is an Irish actor who was born in Ethiopia to an Irish mother and an Ethiopian father. She was raised between Ethiopia, Ireland and England, finishing her studies at Trinity College Dublin where she trained. Ruth has performed on stage in various productions at Ireland’s National Theatre, the Abbey, the National theatre in England, [...]
Continue ReadingNicola Byrne is CEO & founder of 11890 & Stenics Media. She is also a board member of Ireland US Council, on Fingal County Enterprise Board evaluation committee and a board member British Irish Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, Nicola is Chairperson of the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards 2012, Advisory Board Member of Ryan Academy for [...]
Continue ReadingLaura Fletcher is a journalist and documentary film maker. She currently works for RTE News, and began her career at the public service broadcaster in 2002. This year Laura returned to RTE following a two-year career break, during which she moved to South Africa to work for a media ethics and human rights organisation, Media [...]
Continue ReadingJewellery designer Merle O’Grady trained in Fashion Design in her native Ireland before relocating to London in 2004. After specialising in Accessory Design at the world-renowned Cordwainers College, her journey into jewellery design began upon stumbling across a bucket of 18th Century chandelier crystal by chance in a dark corner of an architectural salvage yard. [...]
Continue ReadingLynne is based in South Africa and is a photographer and blogger. She has a keen interest in Corporate Social Responsibility volunteering. Prior to moving to South Africa she worked in Business in the Community on a Social Inclusion Programme called “Ready for Work”. In the past she has worked in the UK on a [...]
Continue ReadingTell us what it means
to you to be a girl
I can vote and be myself and be successful. If you educate a man you educate a man if you educate a woman you educate a generation.
all boys and men appear to be more important, know more, and have to have needs sorted, first- food, washing, the basics - loo cleaning, etc. We must stop doing it, full stop. I bet Orla Leyden still does all her family housework (no offence at all - just making a point) x
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