The TV and radio star says: 'I had to think like a man to survive - plan smart, box clever.'
The TV and radio presenter told the Irish Mirror: “I think you need to think a little bit more like a man - plan smart, box clever. That’s what I would tell teenage girls, to look for themselves in life.
Gaeilgeoir Maura, 54, is looking forward to her first day back on the show she presents alongside Daithi O Se and new addition Sinead Kennedy., Over the past year, we’ve also got to know Maura over the airwaves as a regular stand-in for Oliver Callan on his RTE Radio morning show.She reckons her natural curiosity about people is part of it, as well as having a nose for news.
Despite being on TV for more than 25 years - before RTE, she was on TG4 and then TV3 - Maura got nervous when she did radio for the first time
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