AIRPORTS are always a packed place at Christmas and amongst those travelling from Dublin last week was The Irish Horse World contributor Susan Finnerty’s niece Emma. The English Studies graduate left to start her J1 internship year, starting in New York where she visited in November.

A winner of several short story and writing prizes, including at the Galway Junior Film Festival, Emma went to the Equus Film Festival that month. Her multi-purpose graduation present packed in a ‘Where’s Where’ practical guide to the Big Apple’s subway system and neighbourhoods with Susan, who had previously lived there. Emma’s brother Michael, another keen photographer, is following in the same footsteps as the sports writer hopeful is studying journalism at the University of Limerick.