I’m 73, hide a lot of pain, but I’ll take on the world in high heels and red lipstick


In recent months, her unique style captured the eye of the Phase Eight team — a London-based fashion business — on Patrick Street who approached her to model for their social media platforms.

She acknowledged those who helped her along the way. “I’d like to thank Dr Seamus O’Reilly and the oncology team at the South Infirmary and my surgeon Deirdre O’Hanlon and her team at Cork University Hospital. If it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be alive today.”