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Martyn Turner

Friday August 18th, 2017

Fri Aug 18 2017 - 10:05

‘In Ireland I feel accepted as a woman of colour’

My mother was left devastated when her family emigrated

Stephen hasn't yet forgiven my parents for the revelation of '99

I feel unappreciated by my rude son and his wife

Conor McGregor is everything we teach our sons not to be

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