My sincerest apologies for my radio silence (here, at least) over the last year.
Turns out having two children under 3 and trying to run a sole trader business as a voice-over artist is pretty hard work... and naturally certain areas fell through the cracks along the way - like keeping my website well-oiled, for one!
So this is a hello, and a goodbye again for now, simultaneously, as I check in with those internet readers in the shadows whilst also acknowledging the holiday season ahead where everything naturally slows down and pauses for a short time before we rampage once more into the breach of the blistering January light. 
So, hello, yes, it's been a while, and I'll be seeing you for another little bit after the festive madness, when I will return to my regular-ish updates on my world to any and all who care to follow along.
Despite my quietness in the world of online socials I have been quite industrious, both personally as well as professionally, although it's a different sort of work rhythm I've taken on now that my children occupy so much of my time - more focused and intentional, with quality relationships and collaborations as my priority.

There have been a number of behind-the-scenes projects placed on hold in the last year and those will emerge into the bright lights of 2026 and I'm excited to share them with you.

As for 2025, I am supremely grateful to my regular clients Vhi and Droga5, HOT 102.7FM, Mazda and Mindshare, Cow and Gate, Staycity, Costa, MSD, HSE and RTE who made my work year wonderful - as well as a few new gigs that came my way, including an animation now available on SKY called Sam ad Julia. I do so love an animation project to stretch my creative wings, and the finished project is such a joy to behold - all the better now I can share with my children (who are thoroughly unimpressed). I spent most of the year in my home studio or in the hot seat at Mutiny in Dublin, and two very comfortable seats they were, too.

With love and good wishes. See you in 2026!

Some NEW WORK for a wonderful new brand, Vhi.

I'm really enjoying working with this Irish institution, and the brilliant creative team behind every campaign in Droga 5.

This is a small snippet of some of the work we are doing together across radio, TV, VOD, Socials and Digital.

​More to come soon...!

The Society of Authors have been doing excellent work in the AI safeguarding arena, ensuring that creatives of all disciplines - not just authors - are being protected in upcoming legislation around the use of generative AI that is trained on the existing work of artists.

They've created a website to this end - and ongoing petition that has been endorsed by the likes of Kate Mosse, Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian Rankin, as well as almost 35,000 other creators.

aitrainingstatement.org

I've signed. If you are a creator, I would urge you to as well. 

I've been feeling extra 'flames' these days now that I've received a very special delivery from South Africa's finest radio station (if I do say so myself) HOT 102.7FM!

Here I am sporting their delightful baseball cap reminding you all of their excellent old school and R&B classics playing daily on HOT.

I also have a very friendly HOT CARES teddy bear keeping me company in the studio, as well as a lovely mug keeping my vocal chords warm when I'm recording new imaging for South Africa's award-winning radio station.

It's nice to be nice, and it's very nice to have reminders of the great clients and companies I work for surrounding me in my studio every day.

Listen to my HOT 102.7FM persona here: https://hot1027.co.za/

I popped into Mutiny Recording Studios in Dublin today to do a spot of recording as a brand new Brand Voice for a great brand. I can't say the name of the brand just yet, but when I can reveal the deets, best believe you will hear it here first.
This was a pretty intensive audition process and it was very nice to land the role at the end of it.

Keep the ears on the radio and telly and the eyes firmly glued to my website and social media announcements, if you're *that* invested, that is.

I certainly am! I'm delirah and exirah, truth be told.

More soon....

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After a lovely - and distinctly sweaty - break away in Portugal over the last week, I stepped swiftly back into the studio at bitsixteen with Paul Fegan for a spot of character recording for Health Service Executive.

Feeling refreshed and rested as I head into the next few weeks at the mic before I and my family go on another adventure (with baby no.2!).

You never know what you'll be voicing on any given day as a voice actor, and that's why the humble art of e-learning voice-over work is often, surprisingly, a joy to me.

I work with a number of e-learning companies, one of them is LRN, through whom I have learned all about how to perform, ahem, I mean prevent, money laundering and other financial crimes, as well as how to steal and/or protect sensitive information from getting out into the big bad world of the internet, all through Austen English!

Most recently, I got to travel to Scotland, The Phillippines, the US, and Mexico via Diageo, all without ever having to book a ticket or disrobe from my studio earphones.

Whatever will voice-over bring me next...? I'm on the edge of my seat here waiting to find out.

The journalist Cathy Li interviewed me for ASIA IP, a magazine that focuses on legal issues for the industry in Asia.

Using my story as a highlight for the intersecting issues of AI expansion and artistic copyright, the article delves into great detail about this murky, many-stranded situation.

Interviewing me alongside leaders in law, IP, and tech, and referencing the union action taking place in the USA, Li aims to highlight the difficult legal balance that is being struck between what many hail as 'technological progress' and those on the other side of the coin, calling for greater protections of human-made creations, and human rights to fair compensation, work, and freedom of thought.

The power imbalance at the heart of the whole issue is one she returns to, and its clear (to me, at least) that this is the true crux of the issue. The David vs Goliath battle rages on!

For more about David, Goliath, myself, Scarlett, Sam, Fran, Bill et al, read the article in full here.