'I got a second chance at life': Breast cancer survivor who left school at 17 graduates from Trinity

A breast cancer survivor, who became a mother shortly after leaving school at the age of 17 without sitting her Leaving Cert, believes that a return to education changed her life.

'I got a second chance at life': Breast cancer survivor who left school at 17 graduates from Trinity

A breast cancer survivor, who became a mother shortly after leaving school at the age of 17 without sitting her Leaving Cert, believes that a return to education changed her life.

Dublin mother, Mary Geraghty, returned to education as a mature student three years after she was initially diagnosed with cancer.

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