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1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Suzanne Brennan

   Louise O’Neill: ‘When your life falls apart ... you start questioning everything and anything’ (opens the original)

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   Author Louise O’Neill was 37 years old when her five-year relationship came to an end in January 2023. Suddenly, the future she had imagined for herself – marriage, children and a home by the sea in Wicklow – completely disappeared. Starting over again, she says, felt overwhelming and almost too much to bear. “Particularly when you’re a woman in your late 30s, it does feel almost catastrophic in a way,” she tells The Irish Times Women’s Podcast. Following the break-up, the author m

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2. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Suzanne Brennan

   Kyla Cobbler: ‘I’m living my dream. I truly am. I never thought I would have a life like this’ (opens the original)

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   Part memoir, part self help book, Kyla Cobbler’s first book Happy, Thank You. More Please expands on a life philosophy that has served the vivacious Cork comedian well. As Cobbler explains in the latest episode of The Women’s Podcast, the title comes from an expression coined by a close friend, which she says has become her “life motto”.  ”It’s an act of gratitude, basically,” she tells podcast host Róisín Ingle. “It’s so simple and so easy and quick. It’s just a gorgeous

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3. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Suzanne Brennan

   Miss You: The Dublin Fringe Festival show inspired by Ireland’s missing women (opens the original)

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   The Dublin Fringe Festival kicks off on Saturday, September 5th, bringing theatre productions, dance performances and immersive installations to multiple venues around the city. Over the next couple of weeks on The Women’s Podcast, we’ll be highlighting some of the shows created by women that feature in this year’s programme. In the latest episode, we’re joined by Fionnuala Gygax and Venetia Bowe from Chaos Factory, a Dublin-based theatre company who are bringing their show, Miss You, to

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4. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Suzanne Brennan

   Who is the Irish man who helped shape Fifa’s deal to ‘sell the World Cup’? (opens the original)

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   Last month, Fifa’s president Gianni Infantino shocked football fans around the world when he announced plans to sell a slice of the World Cup’s business to private investors. Unsurprisingly, the proposal went down like a lead balloon, with critics pointing out how Infantino had orchestrated the deal in secret. But one man – who not only knew about the plan but spent months working on it behind the scenes – was Fifa’s chief of staff, an Irish Man called Daniel O’Toole. The Dublin man

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