School Daze with Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile: ‘Sky News was the best learning curve of my life’

Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile

Irish is my first language. I was almost five before I spoke English. One memory of my school years is the metre stick and being hit with that and the shock of it. But the most vivid memory is loving going to school. Both my parents are teachers and I saw how much work they did outside of school. Both my parents ended up being principals of secondary schools.

I loved secondary school, even though I started it off crying myself to sleep every night. I was struggling. I had no friends and I found it was such a huge adjustment.