Tanya Sweeney

Tanya Sweeney is a features writer and columnist for the Irish Independent. Originally, she worked as a journalist at the age of 11 for her local newspaper in West Dublin (reporting on Dublin Zoo, the Coca-Cola factory and 'backstage' at McDonalds, where the freebies left her in no doubt of her vocation). She now writes on lifestyle/showbiz/trends/culture. She still hopes to get back to the Coca-Cola factory one day.
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Life in an Irish hospice: ‘I’m freaking people out by saying I’m not afraid of death — but I’m not. I’m afraid of dying in pain, but that’s not going to happen here’
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Mary Gaitskill: ‘I felt ambushed by how I was presented’
What word do you use as short for mother – mam, mum or mom?
Can you dress up as The Grinch and talk about politics? If so, you could be the next Late Late host
Queer Eye Netflix star Jonathan Van Ness: ‘I was standing on stage in Dublin in my leotard with my foot in my mouth’
Tanya Sweeney: I’ve been wishing away too much of my daughter’s earliest years, and now there’s no going back
Top Stories
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