Maeve Quigley

Ireland

Deputy Features Editor at Irish Daily Mail

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Articles

‘I haven’t had alcohol for seven years' Jenny Kelly and Mairead Ronan on navigating the menopause

5 days ago | evoke.ie | Maeve Quigley

Just a few weeks ago, Mairead Ronan and Jenny Kelly tackled the subject of menopause on their podcast and it was one that struck a chord with so many women. Mairead, who is 45 and Jenny, who is 53, are both mothers of 18-year-olds - Mairead’s Dara and Jenny’s Kate are both doing the Leaving Cert this year. But one of the big hurdles that women their age face is negotiating all the symptoms menopause throws at us, and times have changed dramatically since Jenny first began to experience symptoms.
Working with Cillian Murphy was a 'dream come true' for budding Irish actress

1 week ago | evoke.ie | Maeve Quigley

Zara Devlin laughs when she remembers pestering her father to print out the full script of the first Pirates Of The Caribbean film. Growing up in the countryside of Co Tyrone, in the small townland of Kildress between Cookstown and Omagh, her parents worried that she might be too much of an introvert, so sent her to an after-school drama club. Like so many Irish children, Zara was also a regular at the local feiseanna.
Important health message weaved into Bloom garden

1 week ago | evoke.ie | Maeve Quigley

Darina Porter is a woman who firmly believes that every day is a good day. For, after a diagnosis of breast cancer 27 years ago, she is thankful that she's been around to see her three boys grow into fantastic young men. Her youngest was just two years old when Darina received her diagnosis and she admits that she took life by the horns afterwards.
Wexford mum living life "in honour" of organ donor

2 weeks ago | irishcentral.com | Maeve Quigley

In 2024, 263 organ transplants were carried out in Ireland, thanks to the generosity of 84 deceased donors and 30 living kidney donors. Avril Whitty, 38, is from Clearinstown in Wexford. She is married to Justin and they have two children. Avril underwent a liver transplant at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in the summer of 2023. Here for Organ Donor Awareness week, Avril shares her story...
Kiera Dignam: Singing helps me deal with the grief of losing Dad

3 weeks ago | extra.ie | Maeve Quigley

Sometimes, out of the blue, Kiera Dignam will hear her father’s voice suddenly coming from a radio, a post on Facebook or a TV screen, and the pain of hearing him is almost too much to bear. In just a few weeks, it will be the second anniversary of Christy Dignam’s death and though for some, it would be a great comfort to hear the voice of a loved one who has died, for Kiera it brings back a wave of grief that is still too painful to cope with.
My son asked Santa to give me a transplant, says Dublin mum living on dialysis

3 weeks ago | rollercoaster.ie | Maeve Quigley

This week is Organ Donor Awareness week and the Irish Kidney Association (IKA), with support from the HSE’s Organ Donation Transplant Ireland (ODTI) office, is urging people to tell their loved ones about their wishes to be an organ donor. Keelyn Murphy, a mum-of-three and teacher from Malahide in Dublin who is waiting on a transplant, knows only too well about the life-changing impact organ donation can have. This is her story…In July of last year, I had both of my kidneys removed.
My son asked Santa to give me a transplant, says Dublin mum living on dialysis

3 weeks ago | evoke.ie | Maeve Quigley

With over 600 people on transplant waiting lists for organs, and over 500 of these waiting for a kidney transplant alone, the need for a national conversation about organ donation has never been more urgent. This week is Organ Donor Awareness week and the Irish Kidney Association (IKA), with support from the HSE's Organ Donation Transplant Ireland (ODTI) office, is urging people to tell their loved ones about their wishes to be an organ donor.
'My son asked Santa to give me a kidney transplant'

3 weeks ago | everymum.ie | Maeve Quigley

Keelyn Murphy, a schoolteacher from Malahide in Dublin, is married to Ros and has three children. She is waiting on a transplant and found a sweet letter to Santa in her 11-year-old son’s Christmas stocking. In July of last year, I had both of my kidneys removed. I have a genetic condition called polycystic kidney disease, which usually doesn’t develop until adulthood, and which causes countless cysts to grow on the kidneys until they eventually stop working.
Transplant gave Wexford mum hope and 'days with my family'

3 weeks ago | everymum.ie | Maeve Quigley

Avril Whitty, 38, is from Clearinstown in Wexford. She is married to Justin and they have two children. Avril underwent a liver transplant at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in summer 2023. It’s hard to put into words what it feels like to be given a second chance at life but I want to try, because this isn’t just my story. It’s a story of family, love, endurance, and the life-changing power of organ donation. I had a liver transplant almost two years ago.
'I carry their spirit with me' Wexford mum living life 'in honour' of organ donor

3 weeks ago | rollercoaster.ie | Maeve Quigley

In 2024, 263 organ transplants were carried out in Ireland, thanks to the generosity of 84 deceased donors and 30 living kidney donors. Avril Whitty, 38, is from Clearinstown in Wexford. She is married to Justin and they have two children. Avril underwent a liver transplant at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in the summer of 2023.