Hello again, Declan Hoare here, and this is Second Act Ledger. Today's guest is Niamh Costigan, who spent 14 years running the pass at one of the busiest kitchens in Galway. In the winter of 2021 her knee went, her temper went, and the job went with them. Niamh did something I find genuinely brave. She chose a profession she knew nothing about, radiography, and started a degree at 41 while working weekend shifts in a kitchen to pay for it. We talk about being the oldest person in the lecture hall, about the exam she nearly walked out of, and about the first day on a hospital ward when she realised a kitchen had trained her for it. There is a lot in here for anyone whose body is telling them the job has to change. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts.