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Noelle McCarthy

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Noelle McCarthy is a writer and broadcaster. Her first book, Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter, is available now.

‘Take another one’: Noelle McCarthy on the photos behind her memoir, Grand

‘Take another one’: Noelle McCarthy on the photos behind her memoir, Grand

'The photos kept me honest, or as close to honest as I could get – a reminder that my mother was always more than what I saw of her.'

By Noelle McCarthy | 30th December, 2022

‘Take another one’: Noelle McCarthy on the photos behind her new memoir, Grand

‘Take another one’: Noelle McCarthy on the photos behind her new memoir, Grand

"The photos kept me honest, or as close to honest as I could get, a reminder that my mother was always more than what I saw of her."

By Noelle McCarthy | 29th March, 2022

Photo: ARTUR WIDAK/AFP/Getty Images

Ireland’s resounding Yes fills my heart with pride – and should inspire NZ to change, too

Irish New Zealander Noelle McCarthy on a landslide victory for the repeal of the amendment outlawing abortion.

By Noelle McCarthy | 26th May, 2018

Five ways of making an interviewer cry: Noelle McCarthy on her new podcast series

Five ways of making an interviewer cry: Noelle McCarthy on her new podcast series

How do you feel about the way your body is changing? Are you afraid of dying? Are you lonely? Noelle McCarthy asks all this and more in a new podcast series for Radio New Zealand, 'A wrinkle in time'.

By Noelle McCarthy | 20th July, 2016