Laura Dowling

Although I did think for a moment that I wanted to be an actress, but I knew, because I loved dancing and singing and acting.

I was never very good at the singing.

I remember doing a solo in the church once and my insisting, like I just wanted the solo.

I kept begging.

Oh, I can't, but it was awful because I can just remember my dad and my brother walking down the aisle to get communion and I'm singing.

I was like going, like literally like,

whoa it was awful and they were just sniggering and laughing it was the worst the worst thing ever but I suppose that's the beauty of thinking that you're better at something than you're not anyway I never went for a solo again that was your little X Factor moment yeah that was my X Factor so I decided to do pharmacy because I was good at maths and science and that

Went into pharmacy, did my four years in Trinity as the degree course.

And then it's a one year internship then in a pharmacy setting.

But I failed first year miserably.

Okay.

Yeah.

So I suppose I studied so hard for my leave insert to get all the A's that I needed to get in that I then hit first year pharmacy school and went.

Fuck this.

Party.

I am off the scene now.

And my parents were probably distraught.

I also met my now husband then because I took him to the Debs.

I haven't managed to get rid of him since.

Yes.