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Céire Sadlier on avoiding having a phone until she was 19

Céire Sadlier, Irish Times contributor, had a really interesting piece on why she resisted having...

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17.14 8 Jan 2026


Céire Sadlier on avoiding having a phone until she was 19


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17.14 8 Jan 2026


Céire Sadlier, Irish Times contributor, had a really interesting piece on why she resisted having a phone until the age of 19, despite her parents wanting her to have one, a concept lost on many young people today.

She joins Ciara to discuss her own experience, and how that greatly differs to that of her own child's today…


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