Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while you might miss it

There has always been a certainty with Áine that no matter what happened we would always be connected, says Louise O’Neill.

I have been asked to recite poems and readings at a number of my friends’ weddings, usually after being told I was ‘next on the list’ to be made bridesmaid.

Always the reader, never the bridesmaid — that’s what I say. I’m okay with that. The thought of spending an entire day wearing the exact same outfit as someone else is my idea of a nightmare. (Yes, I’m shallow. Get over it.)