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BALLYEA’S Tony Griffin has been an All Star hurler, he has raised a seven figure sum for cancer charities, he has run a business and a charity, and now he has written a book which seeks to help teenagers. The Teenager’s Book of Life draws on the experiences he has had dealing with young people over a number of years of involvement with the charity Soar, which he established in 2012 and was CEO of until 2019. It only took around two months to write, coming very easily to him after another Ballyea man had asked him for a little bit of assistance. “Paul Flanagan asked me for a quote for teenagers, to inspire them during lockdown. Usually I don’t like doing that, most adults give syrupy one liners, they’re not very really and teenagers don’t relate to them. Our little boy had just been born, and I used to be driving around trying to get him to sleep, he …
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