Eimear Coffey

So I had a great childhood, thank God.

Very kind of wholesome, you know, you're always out playing.

You only got called in when, you know, when the streetlights come on and it's just not like that anymore.

But

Very, very happy childhood, very happy memories.

So I grew up in Wicklow Town and then I headed off for a little while.

I headed off to New York after school and after college and lived over there for a couple of years, had a ball and then came back to Wicklow Town and kind of settled there.

And what was it that you were working in at the time?

So I'm a qualified Montessori teacher.

So my background is early childhood care and education.

So that is what lots of everybody in Wicklow know me for.

I had my own Montessori school, absolutely adored my profession, adored my kids.

And I would have managed creches and nurseries and stuff over the years and managed staff.

And I worked very, very hard.

You know, I had my first little boy child.

Daniel well he's not little now he's 24 but you know he shaped me and changed my life and I worked very hard for him and for us and to buy my first house and that kind of thing you know but I loved my profession I loved my teaching and and yeah it was great.

Tell me a bit about Daniel.

Oh, Daniel is my rock.

Jesus, yeah, Daniel is my rock.

We've grown up together, Brenda.