Write stuff: Melanie Murphy's path to success

CAREER paths don’t always follow a linear route. Just ask social media star and bestselling author Melanie Murphy, who took a few years out after her Leaving Cert before deciding on what she wanted to study.

Taking a PLC course to bridge the gap between school and college, she went on to get a first-class honours degree in DCU, where she studied education and training. “I was top of my class three years in a row and I actually didn’t do that well in my Leaving Cert.”