Dermott Hayes

Name: Dermott Hayes

Birthday: April 6

College: University College Dublin

Major: History & Politics

Favourite Book: In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck

Favourite Movie: Le Ballon Rouge

Favourite Food: Pizza Napoletana, Pizza Stop, Dublin

Favourite Quote: Polonius’ advice to Laertes in Shakespeare’s Hamlet:

And these few precepts in thy memory

Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,

Nor any unproportioned thought his act.

Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar.

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,

Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel,

But do not dull thy palm with entertainment

Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade.

Since I can remember I’ve wanted to be a writer which might explain why I spent most of my life working as a journalist. I didn’t have the guts or the know how to pursue my dream. Then life got in the way.