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We're taking a little break
"Can't say much more here"
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Sarah tried tretinoin so you don't have to (and has the disgusting pictures to prove it)
It's basically retinol on speed
Every single thing I've managed not to buy so far this year
Plus, a laying bare of what I have purchased, by Emer
11
How I (accidentally) quit fast fashion
PLUS: everything I bought in 2024, by Sarah
15
Aisling TV update, dream Christmas dinner guests and everything else you wanted to ask us
Is Piotr ever coming back?
3
F is for Fingering: All the tea from my time at KISS, Ireland's only teen magazine
Did you know Sarah was Ireland's answer to Andie Anderson?
3
7 things we probably shouldn't be telling you about publishing 5 bestsellers
Most importantly, how much we got paid
13
Why I eloped – and why you should too
Plus my one and only regret, by Sarah
5
10 things you're probably dying to know about the eating disorder ward
In 2020, Emer spent two months in a psychiatric hospital which, she explains, is like "a dysfunctional Gaeltacht".
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From the vault: when Sarah met Emer
The origin story of a friendship that changed both our lives, as told by Sarah
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