Mairead Ronan

Mickey money.

It was Mickey money.

Well, it was stuff they need.

Yeah, the essentials, yeah.

I suppose milk was the essential too.

I did.

I also was, I babysat as well.

So I did a bit of babysitting in the local estate where I was from.

And then I, about two or three days after my 16th birthday, my mum said, now, have you got one of those CV things now?

So I went into the computer room in St.

Michael's, Holy Faith Convent, printed off a CV and off I went into town, got myself a job the following weekend in Arnott's and stayed there for years, actually.

Part time.

So yeah, I was part time.

And then you would go full time over all of the holidays.

So, you know, when you'd get two weeks holidays at Easter, generally the full time staff would try and take some of that time off because they were all mums, dads, whatever.

And I would go full time for those two weeks.

I would go full time for the three months of the summer.

obviously covering all the holidays and you'd work Saturdays, Thursday nights, Saturdays and Sundays coming up to Christmas.

I had four retail jobs.

Oh, we know.