When Mark Fennell was working on his new book Breakthrough, the hardest part to write about, more than the extreme anxiety he experienced in his early 20s, was the story of his and his wife Fiona’s efforts to have a child.
Jenny Maginn received her diagnosis of high-grade serous ovarian cancer stage 3c in November of 2021, after a few months of what she had assumed were symptoms of menopause: bloating, an irregular period and some discomfort in the tummy area. 49 at the time, she felt these were all things she should expect.
If you have thought about Bafta-winning actor Barry Keoghan and clothes at all up to this point, it’s quite probably been because of jumpers. Last year saw Keoghan’s big break out in his career, thanks to his role as Dominic in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin. While the film went on to earn Keoghan his first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor, it also placed him at the centre of a geansaí revolution.
Mary Greene (46) is the owner of Maynooth’s Divine boutique. She has two sons, and lives in Lucan with her husband Ray, who runs a construction company.