by Val Troy | Mar 14, 2025 | Val's Blog
Approaching her 60s, Siobhan Daniels was frustrated with her job at the BBC and with life in general. She made the incredibly courageous decision to pack up, sell her belongings, buy a motorhome, and hit the road in the UK. Her mission is to embark on a positive-aging...
by Val Troy | Mar 7, 2025 | Val's Blog
Hands up if you love commercial fiction. My hands are in the air like I just don’t care. I adore it, specifically fiction written by female Irish authors. It’s Maeve Binchy’s fault, Marian Keyes has to take some of the blame, and now, so too does Ruth O’Leary. Her...
by Val Troy | Sep 18, 2024 | Val Troy Comedy, Val's Blog
I am back on the road again with two legends, Barbara Scully and Orla Doherty, this November. Following our sell-out events at the Dalkey Book Festival and Listowel Writers Week last June, we are taking our panel discussion, The Madonna Effect: Reinvention As You Age,...
by Val Troy | Aug 1, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
Last March, on International Women’s Day, Orla Doherty and I chewed the ear off (not literally) journalist Sophie Grehnam for a few hours. Luckily for us, Sophie can talk for Ireland too, so we were in good company. We met in the Westbury Hotel off Dublin’s Grafton St...
by Val Troy | Jul 31, 2024 | Val Troy Comedy, Val's Blog
Greg McWilliams, former head coach of the Ireland Ladies rugby team, is host of the All Walks podcast (formerly GMc Interviews podcast). And as the title suggests, Greg chats with guests from all walks of life. I was genuinely delighted when Greg asked me to be a...
by Val Troy | Jun 18, 2024 | Val Troy Comedy, Val's Blog
Did you know that there are currently 330 local libraries in Ireland? The library service, completely free in Ireland, has approximately 765,000 registered members, over 13 million items, and over 110,000 eBooks and eAudiobooks in the collection, managed by more than...
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