Ageing with attitude - World traveller has plenty to smile about

Carmel Murray has had a wanderlust since her 20s, culminating in solo trips to India for dental work. But, as she tells Margaret Jennings, there’s more to her travels than that.

Ageing with attitude - World traveller has plenty to smile about

There aren’t many people who would travel 7,000 miles to India to have dental treatment — and on their own — but that’s exactly what 74-year-old Dublin-based Carmel Murray has done on three occasions.

The first time, in 2004, she got the brainwave to divert there after attending her niece’s wedding in Ceylon. She was suffering from gum disease and had researched a doctor from whom she could get treatment at a heavily reduced cost to Irish quotes.

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