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# Irish Hospice Foundation

This year
2024
70% of people bereaved during pandemic say loved one did not have death they would have wanted
27 Feb
8.5k
Last year
2023
Some people who wish to die at home can experience 'traumatic deaths' due to lack of support
5 Sep 2023
16.7k
19
All time
Dr Tony Holohan appointed to Irish Hospice Foundation board of non-exec directors
15 Sep 2022
17.8k
11
Government asked to hold a national day to remember those who died during the Covid-19 pandemic
23 Jul 2020
11.8k
13
Free national bereavement support line launched by Irish Hospice Foundation
9 Jun 2020
6.4k
1
Where possible, one family member should be allowed with someone who is dying - Irish Hospice Foundation
16 Apr 2020
21.1k
22
'Dying alone. Like my mother did': Irish people are sharing their fears about serious illness and death
10 Oct 2017
9.2k
11
'Everyone in Ireland deserves to have a good death'
7 Jul 2017
26.2k
4
What will happen to your Facebook account when you die?
11 Mar 2017
30.3k
31
'I regret not talking to my mother about her death, don't do the same thing'
15 Oct 2016
33.8k
12
Brendan Gleeson says hospice care his parents received 're-awakened his faith in humanity'
10 Sep 2016
26.5k
25
How to support a bereaved person at Christmas
21 Dec 2015
23.8k
17
Everything you wanted to know about grief but were too afraid to ask
12 Nov 2015
23.8k
6
Advice: What to say - and not say - to a friend who is recently bereaved
11 Nov 2015
31.3k
41
'What would you tweet from your deathbed?'
12 Sep 2015
12.4k
64
'My family and I have had many conversations about my impending death'
11 Sep 2015
24.2k
6
Three quarters of Irish people want to die at home
17 Oct 2014
7.4k
22
You can now put your final wishes securely online for use in an emergency
17 Jul 2014
7.8k
9
49 cyclists, 700km and one very good cause
6 Jul 2014
10.5k
10
Are you comfortable talking about death and dying?
27 Jun 2014
9.4k
44
Do you feel weird talking about your own death? You shouldn't
22 May 2014
8.5k
10
Pics: 55,000 children take part in National Pyjama Day to raise money for charity
7 Mar 2014
9.0k
8
2,500 patients a year are denied access to hospice services
26 Jun 2013
3.4k
8
35,000 children to wear PJs to school to raise money for hospice care
3 Mar 2013
7.1k
10
Ulster Bank customers can now donate to charities at ATMs
19 Oct 2012
3.3k
11
Irish Childhood Bereavement Network set up to support those working with grieving young people
24 Jul 2012
2.8k
4
Charitable cyclist gears up for Europe's 'toughest endurance road race'
3 Jul 2012
4.0k
6
Hospices will need 'goodwill of their local communities to keep going' - IHF
19 Jan 2012
1.2k
9
Online training to help people support grieving family and friends
29 Sep 2011
657
Column: Dying with dignity is a right, not a privilege
Sharon Foley
3 Sep 2011
485
11