'Be kind' tops Louise O'Neill's advice to her 16-year-old self

My mother was always trying to give me advice but what the hell did she know? Quite a lot, as it turned out, and I wish I had listened to her sooner, writes Louise O’Neill.  

Someone told me recently that I was ‘fearless’ and they asked if I had always been like that.

Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to dispel the notion that I’m a 2016 version of Xena the Warrior Princess and secondly, no, I was not this outspoken as a teenager.