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How's Your Ma: Episode 8
In this powerful episode of How's Your Ma?, Orla and Leanne welcome Jackie — and from the very first minute, it's clear this is a story unlike any other. Jackie opens up about a lifetime shaped by survival: growing up in poverty and domestic violence, being placed in an orphanage as a young child, caring for her siblings well before she was old enough to care for herself, and eventually finding safety, warmth, and stability in ways she never expected.
Jackie speaks candidly about her marriage, her escape into what felt like freedom, and how a charming man she met at work turned her world…
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