bereavement

SELF

‘Everything I had to learn about grief’

After the death of her daughter Jasmine, Patsy Freeman decided to write a book about her journey through…

By Amanda Cassidy

REAL-LIFE STORIES

‘Our whole lives it’s been us three sisters. Now one was dying. Now there’d only be two’

Canada-based Sarah Jane's sister died from a rare blood cancer two years ago. She speaks to Amanda Cassidy…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

Talking to toddlers about death: ‘Cry when you need to. It’s ok to have those big feelings’

Talking to toddlers about death can be a difficult topic to navigate. Still grieving the loss of her…

By Dominique McMullan

SELF

Micheál Martin talks movingly about the children he has lost, and how they will always be part of the family

The Taoiseach reflects on the tragic loss of two of his children, and how he and his wife…

By Megan Burns

AGENDA

Free bereavement pack launched by Irish Hospice Foundation

By Jennifer McShane

SELF

A day in the working life of bereavement midwife, Sarah Cullen

Clinical Midwife Specialist in Bereavement, Sarah Cullen, outlines her role at The National Maternity Hospital and the impact COVID-19 has…

By IMAGE

LIVING, SELF

Niamh Ennis: ‘I masked my sadness and grief, which only compounded it’

A survivor persona won't help you cope with bereavement, writes Niamh Ennis, who learned that she had to face her…

By Niamh Ennis

EDITORIAL

‘I lost the 3 most important people in my life in a matter of years. This is what it taught me about the grieving process’

Niamh Ennis lost her fiancé, her father and her mother in a matter of years. Here she shares…

By IMAGE

EDITORIAL

Funerals amid coronavirus: “We had no-one to hug us. My dad deserved so much more”

Saying goodbye to a loved one is unimaginably difficult, but amid the coronavirus restrictions, not being surrounded by…

By Amanda Cassidy