'We were unable to visit her or to say goodbye': The people behind the Covid death toll
As Ireland’s Covid-19 death toll surpasses 3,000, we speak to some of the families behind the figures.
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As Ireland’s Covid-19 death toll surpasses 3,000, we speak to some of the families behind the figures.
The death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland surpassed 2,000 people yesterday.
Davy Fitzgerald claims he was subjected to verbal abuse during today’s seven-point defeat to Clare.
A woman whose parents died from Covid-19 three days apart launched an online archive of grief stories.
Kitty Maguire works with a lot of women who have suffered miscarriages. Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, and until now, Kitty hadn’t written about her own loss.
Justin Caffrey describes the loss of his baby son, Joshua and says his son taught him how to live in the moment.
The ex-Real Madrid winger lost his life in a traffic accident on Saturday.
The former Ireland international spoke about the death of his mother on last night’s show.
‘Something I’ve tried to live by over the past year is a lesson I learned soon after the bereavement- you honour the dead by choosing to live well, writes Noel Byrne.
Christmas can be a tough time for those who have lost a loved one.
Father’s Day can be a tough day for those who have lost a child or a father.
It’s a fitting a tribute to Donna to finally be myself, writes Neil Fox.
Christmas can be a tough time for those who have lost a loved one.
Support and bereavement group Embrace Farm are soon to hold their first national conference on the multitude of problems presented by farming tragedies.
“I had been told how he adored me, how I was funny, just like him.”
Joan Deane helps people deal with the trauma of losing someone through homicide.
The Irish Hospice Foundation has said investing in bereavement services and end-of-life care will benefit society as a whole.
Days after his mother’s funeral, Colin Kelly steered Louth’s footballers to promotion to Division 2.
Andreas Lubitz was co-pilot of the plane that crashed in the Alps on this day in 2015.
Rebecca Ferdinand died in March 2015
Ireland is gloriously beautiful but it’s the people who helped me heal after losing my husband, writes Kathleen Maloney.
The Irish Hospice Foundation wants people to make plans for their social media accounts in the event of their death.
The Irish Hospice Foundation wants people to talk about death, dying and grief more openly.
“In the context of grieving, because it’s easier to make a posting on an internet page, it’s often a kind of phoney impression.”
Elie Wiesel wrote tens of books and was a professor and Nobel Prize winner.
Tributes have poured in for the deceased Muhammad Ali.
Cameraman Alex Sapienza took this shot after a long day of filming in Brussels.
“Those nights that I used to cry myself to sleep I held onto one thing; I held onto hope.”
The young boy died tragically in Killarney on Sunday evening.
June Steenkamp described her daughter as a “perfect child”.
This time of year can be particularly difficult for someone who has lost a loved one.
Young people often struggle to access support following the death of a loved one.
Your experiences of grief, in your own words.
Doctors, nurses and specialists told us what death means to them as an experience.
“Down through the years I’ve seen some really tragic cases … It can be hard.”
A mother-of-three on the heartbreak of having a stillborn daughter.
An expert tells us what we can do to support bereaved people, how to talk to children about loss, and if there’s a good alternative to mass cards.
“Your heart will always be a little bit broken – and that’s okay.”
Running away and saying nothing at all is often the worst. But there are times to ‘show up and shut up’.
Bríd Cummins was due to be evicted from her Galway home on the day her body was found.