I'm in full voice

FIONNUALA Gill was a founding member of choral group Anúna, and a lead singer with Riverdance. The 43-year-old, who’s based in Portmarnock, now has a solo career and was encouraged by Eurovision winners Secret Garden.

"Rolf Lovland and Fionnuala Sherry, from Secret Garden, have been very good friends. I’ve recorded on two of their albums,” she says. Fionnuala, who has sung for the President, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, also works as a mindfulness teacher. She is a Reiki practitioner and aromatherapist. “At this point in my life, mindfulness is what helps me most. I meditate everyday. It helps me find stillness in crazy times. I’m training to be a yoga teacher so I do a bit of stretching everyday. Touring is exciting but it’s destabilising for the body because of jet lag, not knowing when you’re going to have your next meal or what you’re going to be served. My yoga mat is the first thing that goes into my bag when I’m going on tour.” Fionnuala has been in a relationship with Cuban Daniel Diago, a yoga teacher, for three years. Fionnuala has an adored cocker spaniel called Luna.

Fionnuala Gill releases her solo album Whispers of Love at the end of April.