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Emma Doran - On humour, identity and the messy beauty of parenthood

Emma Doran - On humour, identity and the messy beauty of parenthood

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Emma Doran became a mum at 18. At 30, she started a stand-up career. Now a mother of three and one of Ireland’s most loved comedic voices, she joins Dominique to talk about the journey in between.


Emma talks about what it was like to become a mum at 18, to sit the Leaving Cert pregnant, and to raise three children while building a career as one of Ireland’s most loved comedic voices.


Emma also opens up about using humour to reclaim her identity after years of putting her kids first, why maternal rage is so very real, and what she’s learned from parenting across two very different decades of her life.


This episode is honest in a way you don’t often see with Emma, and of course it’s laugh-out-loud funny too. 


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Emma Doran - On humour, identity and the messy beauty of parenthood

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