Six years later I found myself in Paris, starting a new teaching post in a school in the centre of the city. Life had tossed me around – Spain, Gran Canaria, Thailand, Italy, England – but I had come to Paris with an idea to settle. Photograph: Philippe Devanne/Getty/iStockphotoI am grateful that our son is growing up here. On weekends we now bring our son to the beach and then the local skatepark where, quite possibly, Yohann and I passed each other a quarter of a century ago. She moved to France in 2019 and lives in Vendée with her partner and son.

Source: The Irish Times February 12, 2026 07:30 UTC