BRAVE SILE’S
With partner Damien O’farrell
The Galway TV and radio star is flying high with her website and series of podcasts readytobereal.com.
And the resilient 41-year-old – who describes surviving cancer as the “greatest gift” of her life – said it’s important to never look back.
Opening up on her journey to motherhood, Sile told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “I’ve had two miscarriages, I’ve had three pregnancies.
“The first resulted in my little baby boy Cathal who’ll be three in August – two since then were not meant to be, unfortunately.”
Sile, who battled thyroid cancer over a decade ago, said she had accepted becoming a mother may not happen.
She added: “I had major question marks over whether I’d become a mother – I didn’t know how the cancer treatment would affect my fertility.
LUCKY
“I had made peace with the fact that I may be single for ever and that I may not be a mother.”
Sile, who was married before, met her fiance, Garda Damien O’farrell, in 2014 and has never looked back.
She said: “When we decided to try for a baby we were so lucky, it just happened – when we tried again, it just wasn’t meant to be.
“I think it’s getting better but the more and more people who talk about it the better.
“Myself and Kathryn [Thomas] had a conversation about this not so long ago for my podcast.
“Both of us had miscarriages so it naturally came up in conversation – the reaction since then has been, ‘Thank you for both of you’.
“You don’t need to go on Insta stories and keep talking about it but if bringing it up helps one person, it’s been worth it.
“Sometimes the best thing to do when someone opens up to you is to say feckin nothing or just say, ‘Sorry’.
“People don’t want the puppy dog eyes and they don’t want to feel worse than they already feel.
“I would tell someone my tale of woe and I end up going away feeling worse as they feel so sorry for me – that doesn’t
Sile on the red carpet
Sile when pregnant
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really help. In old Ireland, you did not talk about people having miscarriages, you weren’t supposed to go there, it was like, ‘Carry on, get on with it’.
“This generation are far different than our parents’ generation. “It was important for me to be open about it, that’s what I’m about – I like to be straight up as I can.
“Miscarriage happens, it’s nature, it’s a very normal process.”
Sile admits she has had moments of raw grief over her miscarriages.
She recalled: “I remember one time I was in the pool with Damien and Cathal, I was splashing about, having a ball. At