Name

Marisa Duffy

Bio

Following a baptism of fire in local newspapers I joined The Herald in 2003. I write features for all areas of the paper with a particular interest in reportage pieces and real life stories, both quirky and compelling. I'm also interested in health and wellbeing and in Scotland's great outdoors. My career low was, as a cub reporter, being sent to the official opening of a set of traffic lights. My most memorable job was travelling to Bosnian mountain villages to interview survivors of genocide.

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  • For the last four years Fiona, who began taking heroin as a young mother, has been supported by the charity’s Family Outreach service in Edinburgh, which works with parents who are experiencing difficulties as a result of drug abuse.

    She was introduced to the Class A drug by a former partner when she was struggling to cope with the death of her mother from cancer. 

    Having grown up watching people in her community succumb to heroin, she swore she would never try it.

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Name

Marisa Duffy

Job Title

Senior Features Writer
0141 302 7017

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