After six months of a global pandemic we needed some good news so this episode features Mimi Wilcox, a young filmmaker from Chicago who after a whirlwind weekend romance in her home town with an Irish man decided to visit him in Ireland for five days. The only problem was, Leo Varadkar announced Lockdown the day she arrived. Air travel was cancelled and Mimi was stuck in Ireland with David Michael McKernan, a man she barely knew. What happened next? We find out in the film they made together about their Lockdown experience How to Fall in Love in a Pandemic. Mimi came on the podcast to tell Roisin Ingle the whole story. Speaking of good news, has anything great happened for you or your family in the last six months? If it has we want to hear about it as an antidote to the gloom. Tell us by emailing [email protected] and the best bit of good news will win some great new books to keep you going through Autumn. If you don’t want to email send us your good news on instagram, twitter or facebook @itwomenspodcast put Good news! In the subject line and let us know your happy happenings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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