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What’s making you happy? Good hair days, the grand stretch and a Japanese Spitz
We asked what was making you #IrishTimesHappy – here’s what you said
The joy of a Japanese Spitz called Theo.
Róisín Ingle
Fri Mar 30 2018 - 06:00
Róisín Ingle
Róisín Ingle is an Irish Times columnist, feature writer and coproducer of the Irish Times Women's Podcast
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