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Do we need a best friend?

Have you got a best friend? Or are best friends something 10-year-olds argue about in the playgro...

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13.00 24 Mar 2026


Do we need a best friend?


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13.00 24 Mar 2026


Have you got a best friend? Or are best friends something 10-year-olds argue about in the playground?

Writing in the Irish Independent, Tanya Sweeney says that she doesn’t have a female best friend and sometimes feels like a failure.

So how important is it to have a best friend and do we have the wrong ideas about female friendships, given how they are portrayed in movies and films?

Joining Andrea was Tanya Sweeney and Stephanie Regan Clinical Psychotherapist


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