'I know the truth,' Irma Mali finally breaks silence on Danny O'Donoghue split - two years later

The Lithuanian-born beauty has been living in Ireland for more than 10 years and dated The Script frontman for four years, before splitting in 2013.

After four years together, the couple called it quits in 2012. Theirs was a high profile relationship, which attracted a lot of media attention, particularly when they split, as Danny was then starring as a judge on the British version of The Voice. Irma took the entire intrusion into her personal life in her stride.

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"To be honest it didn't affect my life in any way. I am where I am and I was where I was and I did what I did all my life," she waves away the memory with her hand. "It made me notice 'oh there is an article in the newspaper' maybe, but that was it; nothing changed."

Irma was dubious yet unscathed by the various rumours, which circulated in the newspapers at the time speculating about the reasons for the break up.

"I don't take things too personally. I would just see it and that was it. At the end of the day I knew the truth, so it didn't matter what was in the papers," she smiles.

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In an exclusive interview with The Herald, she also explained that being a single mother to her 10-year-old daughter Nikoleta encourages her to fight for more.

"When you are a single mum there is no choice," she answers immediately. "You just have to fight for the life you want and work for it because you are not on your own anymore.

"You forget yourself and you do anything for your child. So that is why there is no time for me to sit and feel sorry for myself. I have to move on in life and do things; to work and to be an example for my daughter."

Irma is hoping that her daughter will follow her dreams, wherever they might take her in life.