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‘My idea of happiness? I need to be on more stages this year. It doesn’t get much better’ – MayKay

Mary-Kate Geraghty, the musician and presenter, reveals how she always wanted to sing and the time she missed a flight because of a delicious pint

Mary-Kate Geraghty, aka MayKay, TV presenter of Other Voices: worked on the soundtrack of upcoming Alibi political-thriller series, The Diplomat. Picture: Bryan Meade

When Mary-Kate Geraghty finished secondary school in Kildare, she promptly helped form Fight Like Apes with three friends. “College got put in the bin pretty much straight away,” she says. She has been involved in music “in some way” ever since, while also working in restaurants and bars to “keep myself afloat”.

The pop-punk band released two albums, and toured with acts including the Ting Tings, the Prodigy and Kasabian. But in 2016 they called ...