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What American summers in the 1980’s were like

What do you remember about your childhood summer holidays? Writer Emer Roche spent her Summers wi...

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15.24 18 Feb 2025


What American summers in the 1980’s were like


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15.24 18 Feb 2025


What do you remember about your childhood summer holidays?

Writer Emer Roche spent her Summers with her grandparents in the Hamptons every year, a far cry from day to day life in Dublin in the 1980’s…

She has written an almost love letter to those innocent days, and she joins guest host Tom Dunne to share her memories of a very different America than the one we recognise now…


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