You could be on it and do nothing... but I won and can’t let this go to waste
Glor Tire winner Lauren has big plans Gay pair have tots with €12 online donor kit
Pandy Walshe, Lauren and Dermot Lyons A LESBIAN couple gave birth within three weeks of each other using internet pregnancy packs.
Alison Castree and Catherine Barlow paid €12 to find a sperm donor online to become mums. wishing Lauren luck. Talking about her time on show, she said: “Glor Tire is all about what you make of it.
“I mean, you could be on it and you could do nothing with it, but with me winning the competition I can’t let this go to waste.
“It has definitely opened my eyes to how the country music business works.
“You’re working with live musicians, television crews, cameras, so you’re getting a wealth of knowledge, a wealth of experience, and it definitely makes you realise that you want it a wee bit more.”
Lauren, a first-year student at Ulster University in Co Antrim, is considering dropping out of college to pursue music.
The Galbally woman said she will put But when Catherine, 27, struggled to conceive using artificial insemination, they decided 31-year-old Alison would try.
The pair were shocked to find out they were both expecting her €5,000 prize money into launching herself as a professional artist.
Lauren added: “That money is here now but that’s going to be gone in a matter of minutes.
“I’m spending it solely on music, With her mentor Barry Kirwan with due dates a fortnight apart, the Stoke Sentinel reports.
Alison gave birth to Lacey Castree-barlow on October 1.
The duo returned to the Royal Stoke University Hospital for Catherine to have Vinnie recording, doing photoshoots, music videos for singles. I’m going hell for leather, I’m not going to waste this opportunity.”
She is close to her mentor Barry Kirwan, who was there on the final night to show his support.
He said it was a nervous few minutes waiting on the results but he knew his contestant had the talent to succeed.
Barry added: “All three artists were fantastic on stage, so for Lauren to win it and for me to be here as well when she won it, I’m just elated.
“You can never know with the public what the public likes but I always had faith in her that she could win it and I know her talent is unbelievable.”
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Palliative care worker Alison, from Clayton, Stoke, said: “A lot of people have donors but I’ve never known it where both women in a couple have been pregnant at the same time.”