Ciara Dwyer

6 days ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Ciara Dwyer

How Co Down golf pro’s cancer shock sparked sudden career change to become a dentist: ‘I told no one but my wife’Co Down’s Chris Hogg on overcoming life-threatening illness and becoming a medical professional after dropping out of university'My dream was to become a golf professional, until a big shock - I was diagnosed with cancer': Dr Chris Hogg On the walls of Co Down sportsman’s Chris Hogg’s Dublin dental surgery, there are two framed certificates.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Ciara Dwyer

In 2004, Chris Hogg became a pro golfer. But the reality was far from the dream and, after a cancer diagnosis, he walked away, then used the resilience he’d learned on the course to pursue a new career in dentistryOn the walls of Chris Hogg’s Dublin dental surgery, there are two framed certificates. One says Chris Hogg – PGA Professional (2004), the other certificate has his dentistry qualifications (2017). How does a member of the Professional Golfers’ Association go on to become a dentist?

1 week ago | independent.ie | Ciara Dwyer

‘People change. But he didn’t want to be in Ireland and I didn’t want to be in an isolated part of Spain.’ Leslie Dowdall, a head-on car accident, a cancer scare and the end of her marriage The former In Tua Nua frontwoman now teaches music Leslie Dowdall at home in Co Wicklow. Photo: Steve HumphreysLeslie Dowdall is indomitable. The Dublin-born singer has been through it all – cancer, a car crash and a career dive. But it’s not in her nature to wallow. “You just get on with it.

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Ciara Dwyer

Mixing art with science, Luke Jerram’s works have invited audiences to play, fall in love and see our solar system in detailWhen the sun comes out, most people put on their shades. Luke Jerram is different. When the English artist looked up at the sun, he wanted to get closer to it. The result is his dazzling new artwork, Helios. “Helios is an artwork which provides an opportunity to see the sun up close,” he says.

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Ciara Dwyer

When Gabriel Byrne started amateur drama in the 1970s, he found an outlet to express his feelings. Now the Golden Globe winner and youth theatre patron wants to champion that same outlet for today’s adolescents who are struggling in an online worldGabriel Byrne wants to talk. He watched the TV drama series Adolescence and is still reeling from it. “You can watch all the documentaries you like, but drama is the thing that really connects with other people,” says the Dublin-born actor and writer.