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Laura Kennedy

Laura Kennedy

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‘Quiet’ weddings: My ceremony took 20 minutes and afterwards I went back to work

In early March of 2020, the world was on the cusp of falling apart. None of us knew how bad it would get but while the rumour of the first lockdown...

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In the late 1980s my pregnant, underpaid mother had what was then called a ‘nervous breakdown’

In the late 1980s - while pregnant with me, working a badly paid job, dealing with an abusive, mentally ill mother, a three-year-old son and living...

01.03.2024 6

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When is disordered eating an eating disorder?

Weight is a sensitive issue for many (myself included). If it’s an issue for you or now is not a good time for you to be reading about disordered...

19.01.2024 8

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It’ll be lonely this Christmas - for many more of us than we like to pretend

According to the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, Ireland is the loneliest country in Europe. The study released last summer showed that...

24.12.2023 9

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Ireland has two classes: working-class and ‘notions’. In London, it’s far more subtle

It’s easy enough to find the differences between cultures when you move to a new place. They’re unavoidable. When I moved to London from Dublin...

13.09.2023 10

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