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Jennifer McShane

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Irish Writer. Always at the movies. Words: @YahooUK/ @HearstUk / @BAFTA / @BritishVogue / @glamourmagUK / @IrishTimes / @image_magazine / @IrishExaminer etc.

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I moved from all I know because you can't live in Dublin if you have a disability

I moved from all I know because you can't live in Dublin if you have a disability

I'll never forget the time my taxi app told me I'd spent almost €500 in one month. That was before you counte…

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The Disability Tax: 'People have no idea how frightening it is to live as a disabled person in 2022'

The Disability Tax: 'People have no idea how frightening it is to live as a disabled person in 2022'

When you mention the term "disability tax", most people look confused. Just like the invisible " pink tax", w…

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Angeline Ball on Deadly Cuts: 'I just felt I couldn't not do it'

Angeline Ball on Deadly Cuts: 'I just felt I couldn't not do it'

Irish actress Angeline Ball is a veteran of the industry having come a hell of a long way since her star-maki…

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Miriam Margolyes on her love for Graham Norton, life at 80 and her thoughts on JK Rowling

Miriam Margolyes on her love for Graham Norton, life at 80 and her thoughts on JK Rowling

When the time came for me to interview the great Miriam Margoyles, I almost unwittingly caused it to get off …

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Wildfire: 'We knew we wanted to tell a story with fierce women at the heart of it' | IMAGE.ie

Wildfire: 'We knew we wanted to tell a story with fierce women at the heart of it' | IMAGE.ie

Cathy Brady's disquieting film about the mysterious return of an Irish woman and the bond with her sister is …

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Tokyo Paralympics: the Irish athletes breaking the boundaries

Tokyo Paralympics: the Irish athletes breaking the boundaries

Ellen Keane, Irish Paralympic swimmer. Picture: Lee Malone After winning Gold in Rio in 2016, Dublin-based El…

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Stories That Live And Breathe: Inside Celtic Tales Galway

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By Jennifer McShane Verified
| Galway Now
“I do it every week”, Fulton says, just as he kicks off again for the spring season. Celtic Tales isn't just a one off event, it’s a regular gathering and an ode to the stories for which our Island has become so beloved. Fulton first came to Galway in 1999, without any long term plan to stay. “I've never had a plan in my life”, he laughs.
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Permission to pause: A psychologist on the small changes that can help you recover from coughs and colds

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By Jennifer McShane Verified
| Image Magazine
Image / Self / Health & Wellness by 12th Jun 2026 For many women and mums, being sick with a cold or cough doesn’t mean stopping. Here, psychologist Dr Clodagh Campbell shares practical ways to slow down and support your recovery. With spring around the corner, there’s still a chill in the air, and many families are still battling the tail end of coughs and colds. But when illness sweeps through a household, it’s often women who keep everything running.
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‘If I hadn’t meandered the way I did, I wouldn’t have been suitable for country head’: Melíosa O’Caoimh

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By Jennifer McShane Verified
| Image Magazine
But the story of how she got there is, by her own description, a meander. Melíosa trained as a chartered accountant and began her career with Arthur Andersen before spending eight years with Pioneer Global Investment, where a pivot away from the finance function and towards operations set the course for everything that followed. “I fell in love with the operations side of the business,” she says.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

A local newspaper where I got all my training. There are so few of these around now and I still think they are vital.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Nope, but I'd love one!

What does it mean to be a journalist?

It means getting to tell the stories of others, which I take very seriously so that it's their story and not tainted by how I might write it