Coping with the pressure of an impressive pedigree

RTÉ news reporter Kathleen MacMahon has just launched her debut novel.

Given her family background, it was a relief the book has been received so well, she tells Sue Leonard

MOST writers would kill for a publishing deal, but back in 2009, when Kathleen MacMahon’s first attempt to be published fell at the last hurdle, her overriding emotion was relief.