Róisín Meets | A Podcast from The Irish Times

On the latest Róisín Meets podcast singer Cathy Davey tells Róisín Ingle why children need empathy lessons. She talks about returning to music with new album New Forest after six years building the animal rescue she founded with her friends, My Lovely Horse Rescue, and how she got into trouble for writing dirty poems at school.

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