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What I Do
‘I never have a full night’s sleep before singing at a funeral - it’s someone’s last goodbye’
What I Do: Olivia O’Hanlon is a wedding and funeral singer
Model boat making: ‘It takes you to a different world. You can’t hear or see anything else’
Ken Finn used to work in maintenance for spray paint machines, but now his hours are absorbed by his passion for model boat-making
The life model: ‘I’ve fainted because I stood in a weird pose for too long. That was a big lesson’
What I Do: Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana is a part-time life model in the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin
The stone carver who education left behind: ‘There was something f**king dying to get out of me’
Tommy Lysaght, a stone carver from Fermoy in Co Cork, works with Cork Life Centre and Simon Community
‘People think we go out killing stuff for taxidermy. It couldn’t be further from the truth’
Donal Mulcahy pursued his passion for taxidermy from a young age, eventually turning his hobby into his vocation
‘We’re the original recyclers on the island’
Traveller Martin Ward’s mission is to offer a recycling service that gives back to circular economy
‘When you have a good dog . . . it’s like owning a very expensive car. It’s the best thing ever’
What I Do: Paul Walker is a sheepdog trainer and shepherd
‘I’m extremely quirky and I get so much grace living in Donegal’
What I Do: Mirenda Rosenberg built a successful soap business from her home in Donegal by posting videos on TikTok
My father and brother were murdered. I was surrounded by gangland violence. But I came out the other side
What I Do: George McCabe is owner of G Force Fitness at the St John Bosco Youth Centre in Drimnagh, Dublin 12
‘I empower children through puppetry, to give them a voice’
What I Do: Carmel Balfe is a puppeteer and founder of Little Gem Puppets
Irish pet detective: ‘I’ve had people take machetes to me, firearms. I’ve been set on fire in a vehicle’
What I Do: Robert Kenny has helped to find thousands of missing and stolen pets over the past 17 years
Christmas tree farmer: ‘We are definitely seeing the impact of climate change’
What I Do: Karen Morton is a Christmas tree farmer at Killakee Christmas Tree Farm
The druid: ‘I was nine in religion class and it just dawned on me that the God the nun was talking about didn’t exist for me’
What I Do: Eimear Burke is a druid and chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids
‘Men have infantilised me at work, saying ‘Good girl, big and strong’. I need to prove them wrong’
What I Do: Rebecca Hegarty, a 24-year-old plant maintenance technician, keeps office plants thriving across Dublin
‘Plants have stories, they aren’t just weeds’
What I Do: Sarah Gonzalez leads foraging and wildcrafting classes in Co Meath
‘A local production company asked if I was interested in filming a pilot: baking classes for kids through Irish’
What I Do: Aoibhín O’Dea is a baker, founder of Cácaí Aoibhín and cookery show presenter
‘I’ve always been really interested in the darker side of things, the macabre, the gritty, the gruesome’
What I Do: Ciaran Behan takes tourists on Dark Dublin tours of the city, sharing stories of grave robbing, serial killing, cannibalism and more
‘Being sick was a wake-up call. I thought, if I was to die, what is the one thing I wish I had done?’
What I Do: Aleksandra Konieczka is an ecologist and founder of Understory
‘A lot of people feel very detached from the Irish language, there is a sense of resentment. There isn’t a sense of joy’
What I Do: Mollie Guidera, aka Múinteoir Mollie, teaches Irish to students online as @irishwithmollie
My construction company collapsed in the crash – so I reinvented myself as a chainsaw sculptor
What I Do: Will Fogarty, known as Fear na Coillte, makes sculptures from fallen or dead trees
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