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Emma Fogarty with one of one of her most supportive friends, Colin Farrell, at the premiere of 'The Banshees of Inisherin' at the Lighthouse Cinema, Smithfield, Dublin, in 2022. File picture: Andres Poveda

Emma Fogarty with one of one of her most supportive friends, Colin Farrell, at the premiere of 'The Banshees of Inisherin' at the Lighthouse Cinema, Smithfield, Dublin, in 2022. File picture: Andres Poveda

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Tina Neylon

  • Being Emma 
  • Emma Fogarty 
  • Merrion Press, €15.99 

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