Ruth Medjber’s life stories: ‘I know I am broken, but I love what I am’In a year-long project, photographer Ruth Medjber is asking 365 ordinary people to share their extraordinary tales. Here, she meets Pat Barrett, who speaks eloquently about his late mother, Mary TheresaPat Barrett photographed by Ruth Medjber for the series, Sin Scéal Eile. Ruth Medbjer Today at 06:30I meet Pat Barrett in the Gravediggers pub in Dublin on what was supposed to be a quiet afternoon, but I don’t think that pub ever has a quiet spell. We first met while working in a record store on Henry Street. We sit in the snug, get a round in and chat like it’s old times.

Source: Irish Independent January 09, 2026 20:34 UTC