Ms Zoe Fleming:

It is an amazing programme. It really lets you come out of your shell. I never would have been friends with the same number of people as I am now, especially when it comes to the North and that kind of stuff. I learned so much. I remember that, at one of the first residentials we had, two or three girls from up the North and I were just sitting in a room talking and somehow got on to the topic of school and that kind of stuff. I had no idea what school was like up the North. It was so different. I had to ask what GCSEs were. Now I know and I think it is insane. I had no idea. Lots of opportunities come with it. I have been brought up with the mentality that I should never say "No" to anything and to always say "Yes", so that is what I have done.

I go on mad side quests now, especially with Co-operation Ireland. My dad asks, "What are you doing now?", and I say I am going to Belfast to do this or I am going to London for that. I told him that I was in the Dáil today and he said, "In the Dáil? What?" It is an amazing opportunity and so many more people need to get involved in it. It needs to be broadcast more. It is an amazing programme.