I GREW up in Templeogue, Dublin, where my family home still is, and attended St Pius X National School and Our Lady’s School before graduating from UCD with a B.A. (Hons) in English and History. From school, I dreamed of doing the Irish National Stud course as I was obsessed with horses but it was not on the cards at the time.

1. How did you first get into journalism as a career?