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Who Are Yer? // Clare O’Doherty

Downtown's new Member Engagement Executive, Clare O'Doherty gives us an insight into her business heroes, her favourite restaurants and which superhero she would be - it's probably not one you've heard of before...

What are three words to describe yourself? Hardworking, energetic & Irish!

Favourite sports team? Always a red! YNWA

Favourite Book? A classic, Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

Favourite Podcast? Sh**ged, Married, Annoyed

Favourite Band/Artist? The Eagles. Grew up with their music & love them still! 70s rock. Thin Lizzy, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bruce Springsteen. More recently a love for Sam Fender, Gerry Cinnamon, Kings of Leon & Ben Howard.

What advice would you give to 18-year-old you? Everything will be ok. Let people in who deserve to be let in, let people go who don’t.

If you were allowed to have 5 people, living or dead, for a dinner party, who would they be? Don Henley, Steven Gerrard, Meryl Streep, Tommy Tiernan & Ricky Gervais

What restaurant were you most looking forward to returning to following lockdown? Maray & Six By Nico

What bar/pub were you most looking forward to returning to following lockdown? All of them

Celebrity Crush? Daniel Craig & Tom Hardy (I can have two, right?)

Your Business Heroes are? All of the genuine & great businesses who are fighting through any way they can during these unprecedented times.

What superhero would you be? Supermammy (She’s a new character, an Irish ‘mom’ who battles on a daily basis the inquisitive yet ridiculous questions of a 5 year old, such as, ‘what are those lines on your forehead?’ whilst maintaining a relatively normal life by night fuelled by Pinot Grigio & Dairy Milk … logo and soundtrack pending)

Complete this sentence ‘The New Normal is… hopefully a moment in time which will pass & soon be a distant memory

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