Ray D'Arcy Daily

Professor Katriona O’ Sullivan’s story is well known. Her book Poor has been a bestseller for over two years, and it has been translated into seven languages and adapted for the stage.

It's a story of addiction and abuse which leads to advocacy and academia. Katriona has told her story in order to shine a light on how childhood poverty stacks the odds against future success in relationships, education and health. She believes talent is equally distributed across the social classes but opportunity is not.

Katriona O'Sullivan is hugely impressive in so many ways. It was a real education and privilege to talk to her at length about being human and so many other things.

Katriona speaks movingly about her life through the lens of her qualification in psychology. She explains trauma and its connection to addiction.

She also talks about the importance of connection and the danger of meritocracy. 

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