Skip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer newsletters, editors-pick-list, pelvic mesh, transvaginal mesh, joanne mccarthy, suffer in silence, newcastle herald Grace Irvine has blue eyes, pale skin, and short hair that fluffs up at the back like a baby chick's. She is 29 years old. Three years ago, she was a healthy mother of three boys living in a small town in Victoria. She worked as a dental assistant, and wanted to study nursing.