At 17, she left her home in Mayo to pursue her broadcasting dream in Dublin, but Louise Duffy didn't anticipate the lonely years and very early nights as she climbed the ladder in Today FM. She tells Niamh Horan about her 'very peaceful' life at home with her fiance, superstar footballer Paul Galvin, her newfound love of GAA and the 'touchy' subject of gender quotas on the airwaves.

Louise Duffy is a woman's woman. Growing up with three brothers and not passing the "willy test", as she puts it, she had to learn to fight for her voice to be heard.

She dresses for herself - not for any man - which tells a lot, given the fact that she also happens to be engaged to the most fashion-forward and best-dressed man in Ireland.

What really makes her a woman's woman, however, is her honesty.

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