On this weeks episode I sit down with Ruth Leonard. Her totally Ruthless videoed have amassed millions of viewers around the world. But behind this very funny persona is a story filled with great sadness and immense bravery. Ruth talks to me about growing up in Drogheda and how unfortunately your childhood was far from a safe haven as she watched her father violently beat her mother and at just 13 years as of age witnessed a beating that would surely end her mothers life. We chat through the dev...
May 17, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 16
On this weeks episode I sit down with the stars of Gogglebox Ireland the Cabra Girls Lindsay, Ashley, Grainne and Jamie. They worry they have nothing to say but the conversation come easy with each of them as quick witted as the other. Their friendship is a force to be reckoned with and is a result of being truly there for each other through thick and thin. The girls talk about growing up in Cabra, Their no-nonsense mothers and nannies who with a gang of women would take them off every year to P...
May 09, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 15
On this weeks episode I sit down with Alison Murphy. Alison has the most infectious laugh but behind this laugh lies tragedy, while dancing away to the last song Alison’s sister Lisa fell to the floor and unfortunately passed away. Alison tells me of their dysfunctional upbringing that lead to not only a break up between husband and wife but to broken relationships that will never be mended. She tells me the effect of finding her fathers secret children and the impact it had on her own relations...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Trigger warning. This week’s episode is about miscarriage with graphic details about a miscarriage experience. On this week’s episode I sit down with Melissa Gearon, as a mother this was an extremely painful listen. It is the longest individual episode to date but the sad reality is one in five pregnancies end miscarriage. Melissa was born with only 7 fingers, a limb birth defect that lead to a life of bullying and anxiety, through this anxiety Melissa feared she would never get pregnant so when...
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Trigger warning on this weeks episode we talk about suicide with descriptions of someone dying by suicide. On this weeks episode I sit down with Ian Kinsella, Ian talks to me about his brother Jonathan this year will be Jonathan’s 10yr anniversary. Jonathan died by suicide. Ian tells me what it is like being left behind after suicide and how a loss through suicide is like no other and tells me in his own way how the grief and be complex and even traumatic, experiencing his own suicidal thoughts ...
Apr 18, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 11
On this weeks episode I sit down with Sarah Brogan also known as the Ballymun Hun. With a handle like the Ballymun Hun, Sarah is one of the biggest personalities on Instagram, Her hilarious badass videos have amassed over 100,000 views but in spite of this public persona there is a certain vulnerability about Sarah. She tells me about growing up in Ballymum and the horrific murder of her father and the many incidents that left her so angry. We talk about how a surprise doctors appointment let to...
Apr 11, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 10
On this week’s episode I sit down with Stacy O'Shaughnessy. We talk about growing up in Coolock, the suicide of her brother, hiding her teenage pregnancy and the death of her beloved nanny. Stacy laughs with her nerves as she tells me about finding out her nanny had cancer and the years after gripped with anxiety that cancer was going to get her too. So when pregnant on her 3rd child she discovers some abnormalities in her breast, she fears the worse and then to have her worst nightmare confirme...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 9
On this weeks episode i sit down with I sit down with Kizzy, I have known Kizzy a long time but Covid has made it difficult to keep in touch, when i noticed Kizzy share a post about mothers day i reached out to see what was going on. Kizzy tells me her lovely Mam Ev has been diagnosed with Dementia and how her sisters had started to notice Ev's normal behaviour changed and how the devastating diagnoses has triggered a range of emotions for the family including the question of Why my Mam. At just...
Mar 28, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 8
On this weeks episode i sit down with Nicole Gaffey, at the start of the pandemic Nicole decided to journal her weight loss journey and her page has blossomed since, We chat through all things social media the good the bad the ugly and why she thinks Instagram and Facebook should be held accountable for their users. We talk about her responsibilities as an influencer and more importantly to her younger followers and why there should be an age limit to TikTok and Instagram. We talk about the loss...
Mar 22, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 7
On this week episode I sit down with Sinead Barry. Let me start by saying at point during our conversation Sinead asked me if i was okay, that sums up Sinead. This episode was extremely difficult, I could not contain my emotions and wept openly throughout, Sinead is a special kind of person , so strong and dedicated, dedicated to her family, to Mike and to keeping Mikes memory alive. On the 23rd March 2019 after a short illness and at 32 years of age Mike passed away surrounding by Sinead and hi...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 6
On this week’s episode I sit down with Anne Cummins, Anne is a wife, a mother, a sister and an aunt, my aunt. I always wanted to sit down with Anne, as a child I always remember her big personality, always kind and so welcoming. We chat about her life born into a huge family in the tenements of Dublin, an era where money meant nothing where people didn’t look at each differently because what you had was shared. We chat about how family is most important and how now and over the past few years sh...
Mar 07, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 5
On this week’s episode I sit down with Paul Kinsella, I have one word for Paul, Tenacious. I came across Paul on Instagram where he shares his home and life with Penny and Mark.Paul is so open and honest as we chat through his beautiful relationship with his best friend his mom, moving on and finding love and support in a new family. We chat through him travelling the world as a dancer, meeting Mark, falling in love, that engagement and his Penny. We talk about what May 22nd 2015 really meant to...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 4
On this week’s episode I sit down with Brandon and Aaron, at just 16 years of age it was a transition year project that found Brandon and a friend organise a sleep out in Donaghmede to help families dealing with homelessness, born from his own acquittances with homelessness Brandon set up Dublin homeless awareness. You have to forgive me for contently mentioning their age but the fact is that these kids are doing more for the rough sleepers in Dublin than our own government. They are extremely r...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 3
On this week’s episode I sit down with mother and daughter duo Carmel and Saoirse, with only 22 years between them they have a uniquely close relationship. Carmel tells me about her shock pregnancy on Saoirse, finding out she was pregnant on her graduation day as her waters brake as she is headed into the great hall. We chat through the trauma of her delivery and dealing with a series of horrible medical events that followed them through the years, with Carmel being accused of having Munchausen,...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 1
On this week’s episode I sit down with Tracy Lally, Tracy is a makeup artist, Tracy is a sister a daughter a wife but above all Tracy is a mum. Tracy’s raw emotion broke my heart last Christmas as she gave her followers a glimpse into her life as a co parent. It is her first time to open up like this and I am so thankful she did it with me, we talk about the beginning of her pregnancy on Tilly and the struggle she faced with this and the fact that she just didn’t enjoy it. I love the fact that s...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 2
On this week’s episode I sit down with the Roche sisters, three sisters who have a very special bond, their story is a story of strength, positivity and selflessness. These woman are power houses, they run a hugely successful business and family whilst overcoming the hurdles life has thrown at them. A start up business nearly abandoned when at the same time middle sister Karla is diagnosed for the second time with Cancer , Karla’s prognosis this time however is 6 months to live or a stem cell tr...
Dec 13, 2020•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 12
On this week’s episode I sit down with Beverly Coughlan AKA Bev. Bev was a guest on Episode 3 The Five lamps and on that we touched on her journey through pre and post-natal depression and psychosis. After that episode we got so many messages and requests, asking us to sit down together again and this week we get into the why behind her journey and how two horrific incidents sent her down the path of anxiety. We chat through the births of our children and she tells me of her horrific miscarriage...
Dec 07, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 11
On this week’s episode a beautiful young lady sits before me, she is full of nerves , she tells me she doesn’t know what to say and doesn’t understand why you the listener would be interested in her story. I have no words for Chantelle’s strength, at just 24 years of age she is a mother of two and a guardian of 4. We chat through losing her dad to prison at 3 months and losing him again to cancer at 10. We discuss the years of abuse she suffered at the hands of bullies who tried to tear her apar...
Nov 29, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 10
On this week’s episode I am joined by Deborah. Deborah is an entrepreneur , a powerhouse in her own right but don’t mistake her for a boss bitch. Deborah is the youngest of the Wheeler sisters. 3 sisters who run beauty salons across Dublin, When I asked for your feedback on who to sit with Deborah’s name popped up several times and 2 minutes into sitting down with her I understand why she radiates glamour and positivity she is softly spoken and a joy to listen to. She is very open and honest wit...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 9
On this week’s episode sees the return of Marguarite Penrose, we are joined by our good friend Julie Hanna and we chat through our time working together in Ryanair Direct. Ryanair direct stands out as one of our career highlights not only because it gave us the tools and the training to set us up on the path we find ourselves today, but more importantly it gave us long lasting friendships, relationships and memories, which there are many. From getting shot in the eye on a night out, to Michael O...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 8
On this week’s episode I sit down with Elaine Healy, Elaine is one of the most tenacious mothers I have ever had the privilege to chat with. I came across her Instagram a few months ago and instantly fell in love with her two beautiful children. Elaine is an autism mom of two, we talk candidly about the hurdles and heartbreak, the blame, guilt and judgement that come with each diagnosis. I hear about the invaluable support of her family and her indestructible marriage to her rock Brian. Elaine i...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 7
On this week’s episode I sit down with my good friend Marguerite Penrose. Her story is a story perseverance and strength, resilience and recovery. Born from an Irish mother and a Zambian father, born with Congenital scoliosis and abandoned in St Patricks mother and baby home. Marguerite found herself hitting the parenting jackpot when she was fostered by Michael and Noeleen at the age of 3 and then growing up with her Irish twin her sister Ciara. Her condition resulted in many surgeries which in...
Oct 18, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 6
On last weeks episode of the Everywhere We Go Podcast, We left Louise at the Turkish border. This weeks see's her courageous journey to find May and try to get them both to safety which, is no mean feat. When all options are exhausted, they set their trust in a group of people that no-one could ever imagine setting the trust in. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/everywherewego) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 12, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 5
This week on the Everywhere We Go podcast I sit down with Louise Monaghan. Louise’s Story left me speechless on countless occasions, a childhood plighted by sexual abuse. The horrific death box her mother, her only confidant and best friend. A tragedy that suffocated her in the confidents of a small town which lead to her escape to Cyprus for a new life and, a new Louise. It’s here she meets Mustafa she falls hard and fast. a relationship that from the beginning is built on lies and deceit, quic...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This week on the Everywhere We Go podcast I sit down lifelong friends, 3 girls who are the definition of girl gang. A friendship that. could be envied by some and recognised by others, a friendship tested by pregnancy psychosis, a time when they could have given up on each other but instead worked hard to come out the other side as friends and who's core values are just to be kind. We chat through the good times the bad times and the bits between, from Sister Veronicas Sherkin Island, to the get...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 3
On this weeks episode I sit down with Peggy, Peggy is a wife, a sister, a mother and a grandmother . Peggy talks about growing up in the 60s and 70s, childhood responsibilities, being Irish in London and the loss of a sibling through suicide, Scary convents and getting the legs walloped off you. There was nothing like growing up in the 60s and 70s unless there was........ Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/everywherewego) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 21, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 2
On this weeks episode of the Everywhere We Go podcast I sit down with my oldest friends, three girls who got me out of as much trouble as in. I didn't remember how we all came together in our little group but what I do remember most of all is that these girls were my ride or die and the time spent with them were some of the best years of my life. Its been over twenty years since the four of us sat in a room together but the conversation flows quickly from the terrible things ( as my mother said)...
Sep 13, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 1
Going forward in a world with new buzz words like fluid situations, the new normal and we remain cautious, a time where so many people are looking for the answers to the big questions. In the Everywhere We Go podcast I am simply asking you to look back, relive past moments from your childhood, tell your stories, share your memories, perhaps it will lead you to rekindle lost friendships. Growing up in Moatview Courts made me the person I am today, I had the best mates and we have some stories and...
Sep 12, 2020•1 min
