This is a lively, upbeat, often hilarious panel discussion with three women, who have all experienced reinvention in their 50s…
- Barbara Scully went from a stay at home mother to writer, author and broadcaster,
- Orla O Doherty morphed from a professional squash player to writer and comedian,
- Val Troy is an accountant who became a comedy writer.
Our panellists will look at why women (and sometimes men too) have an urge to do ‘something new, something different’ as they enter their post menopausal years. Does this require huge bravery? Or do the freedoms of later life make us all courageous, even if we don’t know it?
This discussion will entertain, as well as uplift the audience and encourage them to believe that anything really is possible, not just at any age but especially as you age.
THE PANEL
BARBARA SCULLY
Barbara Scully is the well known voice on radio with a weekly ‘agony aunt’ slot on the Newstalk’s Moncrieff show. Her first book, Wise Up was published in 2022 and she has written a novel which she hopes will be published in 2025.
ORLA DOHERTY
Orla Doherty is a comedy writer from Dublin, and is based in Prague. Her memoir, ‘I’m not Bipolar - I’m Irish’, is set to be published in 2025. She and Val Troy as ChatterBoxx, produce comedy shows for the Irish Chapter of Funny Women.
VAL TROY
Dublin-based Val Troy is a comedy writer of commercial women’s fiction. Her debut rom-com novel ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?’ is set to be published in 2025.
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