Diarmuid Gavin has revealed the touching story behind his daughter Eppie’s unusual but beautiful name. Ireland’s most high-profile gardener welcomed the now teenager with his other half Justine in 2008 but it’s another strong woman that inspired her the name choice – Justine’s mum, the late journalist Terry Keane.
Her father is former Chief Justice Ronan Keane. Diarmuid told the Independent how he became disillusioned with the industry in the early 90s despite winning numerous awards and it was Terry who managed to pull him out of his funk with the two becoming friends. ‘Every year I would win a medal at the RDS and people would think, “Now he’ll get his life together” but all I was doing was bouncing cheques and crashing the van,’ he told
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