Annmarie O'Connor: New Parkinson's podcast gets personal

Irish Examiner fashion editor Annmarie O’Connor on the upcoming five-part series, which explores the 'lived experience' of the neurodegenerative condition  

Annmarie O'Connor, Irish Examiner fashion editor (right) and Lisa Wynne, Parkinson's Association of Ireland specialist nurse. Pic: Larry Cummins

HAVING been diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease in her 40s, Irish Examiner Fashion Editor, Annmarie O’Connor, has become an outspoken advocate for people with the condition.

In December 2021, the stylist and bestselling author was told she had the incurable neurodegenerative condition that affects movement, balance and speech.