Sin Scéal Eile

Genetics were not on Sarah’s side growing up. By the age of 13, her Mother had gotten a breast cancer diagnosis, one that was known to be hereditary. Sarah had an agonising 5 years to wait before she’d know that she carried the same genes.

Sarah had to battle with surgeons to convince them to give her a double mastectomy and reconstruction, but she was always adamant it was the right choice for her. With the odds of getting breast cancer at 85%, it’s not a risk she was ever willing to take.

Sarah now lives her life to the fullest. She makes a conscious effort to enjoy every day and celebrate life with a positive attitude.

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Sin Scéal Eile - That's Another Story was hosted and created by Ruth Medjber, with sound by Ronan Lally. The podcast is produced by Dee Reddy at Poddle Audio with original music by Elaine Mai.
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What a life Kieran has led. She was born in America but always felt a pull towards Ireland (her parents of course were Irish too, and desperate to use the name ‘Kieran’ even though she was a girl).

Kieran has lived a full life. Working for Sinn Fein during the peace process, a career in Human Rights with Amnesty International, a brief spell learning to weld and now a very fruitful career as a baker.

She started making bagels simply because she missed them (Irish bagels do not compare to New York bagels apparently). From her modest wee home in Ringsend, she boils and bakes the absolute most delish bagels I’ve ever tasted and she sells them directly to the people who collect them from her front door.

Sin Scéal Eile - That's Another Story was hosted and created by Ruth Medjber, with sound by Ronan Lally. The podcast is produced by Dee Reddy at Poddle Audio with original music by Elaine Mai.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Like many people her age, Derbáil felt the pull of far away lands. She emigrated to the states when she was in her twenties, followed by a stint in Australia and then Canada.
She’s recently returned home, with an Australian husband in tow, and feels like she’s back at square one. She’s finding her way in this almost new country which is far different from the one she left in her twenties.

Working as an improv performer, storyteller, artist and educator, she acknowledges that financial sacrifices have to be made when choosing a creative career, and like far too many people, she and her husband are back living in her family home.

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Sin Scéal Eile - That's Another Story was hosted and created by Ruth Medjber, with sound by Ronan Lally. The podcast is produced by Dee Reddy at Poddle Audio with original music by Elaine Mai.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Sauna Tom” as he's known around Dingle is a blow in whom the town loves. He moved down from Dublin a few years back and had the notion of setting up a sauna (he'd gotten the taste of sauna life and all its mental health benefits in Dublin and missed it dearly out West).

He credits his business venture for introducing him to so many of the locals but for also incentivising him to learn Irish, sure it is in a gaeltacht after all.

His life wasn't always so idyllic. He battled his depression demons and almost lost. Sitting in the back of Curran's bar today he opens up and tells me what it was like to be pushed right to the edge and come back again.

This episode contains a story which might be distressing to some listeners, so please take care when listening.

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Sin Scéal Eile - That's Another Story was hosted and created by Ruth Medjber, with sound by Ronan Lally. The podcast is produced by Dee Reddy at Poddle Audio with original music by Elaine Mai.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The little charmer who sits on Emily’s knee for our whole chat is Cara. She’s Emily’s baby and is the cutest wee dote of all time. Emily loves taking her for walks as she finds people are friendlier and chattier with her when she has a dog.
Emily has faced all types of human interactions from strangers on the street and let’s just say, people can be very cruel.

At the age of 7, Emily was badly burned in a house fire in France. Unfortunately, that’s not the shocking story here. The level of aftercare she received while recovering in hospital is what really shocked me. Emily felt that she was never given proper counselling. She didn’t know how to process what was happening to her. She bottled everything up and never spoke about the fire with friends or strangers until she was well into her adult life.

Emily is just like most single 40 year old women you’ll meet, deleting and then re-downloading the dating apps, horrified at some of the replies that men offer up. But what makes Emily different from most, is her resilience. She’s very pragmatic. She sees what happened to her as something that could have happened to anyone. She doesn’t dwell on it or wonder “why me?”. She’s enjoying the life she has, with Cara, the little legend.

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Sin Scéal Eile - That's Another Story was hosted and created by Ruth Medjber, with sound by Ronan Lally. The podcast is produced by Dee Reddy at Poddle Audio with original music by Elaine Mai.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.