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- ↑ Kane, Rachael (5 August 2017). "Fair City's Aisling O'Neill: 'Carol is a fighter'".
Aisling O'Neill has played feisty Carol Foley on RTÉ's Fair City for the past 19 years, but her biggest acting challenge is still ahead of her.
- ↑ Gittens, Geraldine (8 August 2016). "'Simply amazing' - Viewers blown away by Fair City actress Aisling O'Neill's harrowing scenes on child abuse". Irish Independent .
- ↑ O'Grady, Sean (12 October 2016). "'I get letters from people... Fair City child abuse plot did justice to victims' - Aisling O'Neill". Irish Independent .
- ↑ "Fair City's Aisling O'Neill talks about her new healthy lifestyle". 19 July 2016.
The actress is currently living in Gorey, Co. Wexford... 'It's a beautiful spot. I'm ten minutes from the beach and an hour from Dublin. I have good friends there and it's a great place to raise my child. I like spending time with friends and I like spending time in nature – I actually need to spend time in nature. I like horse-riding, walking on the beach and I swim in the sea sometimes.' However Aisling admits that she will always be a city girl at heart. 'I'm a Dublin girl, always will be'.