Síle Seoige: I love the fact that I am nearly 43

'In my younger years, I definitely missed out on opportunities simply because I didn’t have the confidence to go for them'

Sile Seoige: "Having to face your own mortality at 32 was big, but it’s meant I really embrace where I am right now."

I was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, but my family moved to Galway when I was six weeks old — I am a Galway girl through and through. I was reared in Spiddal in Connemara, the youngest of four kids. I had a lovely upbringing. You appreciate that more as you get older, how lovely and simple it was.

One of my earliest memories is waking up in the middle of the night, coming into my parents' room and snuggling in between the two of them and just feeling safe and warm and cosy and protected and loved. It was just a lovely feeling. As a mother myself now, I’ve discovered the greatest gift you can give your kid is a feeling of safety, being their anchor in the world, their safe haven.