Quentin Fottrell is an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 columnist

Columnist

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, author, agony uncle

Advice column

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 and radio critic currently living in New York

New York

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. He was born in Dublin and studied psychology in University College Dublin

University College Dublin

University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...

 (UCD), before switching to journalism in University College Galway

National University of Ireland, Galway

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 (UCG).

Fottrell writes a weekly radio review column for The Irish Times

The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...

and gives advice on relationships on both The Ray D'Arcy Show

The Ray D'Arcy Show

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and his website. He has published a book on relationships in Ireland. He is openly

Coming out

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 gay and an advocate of equality for LGBT

LGBT

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people.