# Bereavement
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Bereavement
'We were unable to visit her or to say goodbye': The people behind the Covid death toll
30 Jan 2021
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Bereavement
'Death is always difficult but during a pandemic it's more surreal': The human side of the 2,000 lives lost to Covid-19
19 Nov 2020
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living with covid plan
'Remembering our loss': National and local events to commemorate those we have lost during Covid-19
16 Sep 2020
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Bereavement
Free national bereavement support line launched by Irish Hospice Foundation
9 Jun 2020
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Voices
Opinion: A shock diagnosis left me a 30-year-old widower - here is how I survived
Noel Byrne
23 Feb 2019
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State Exams
Minister wants to change system after student had to sit Leaving Cert exam the day after her mother died
18 Jan 2019
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firstlight
Dealing with the loss of an infant: 'The fact is your world will stop. You become a different person'
1 Sep 2018
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Anam Cara
Dealing with grief on Father's Day: 'We won't mourn the loss of Adam, but we’ll celebrate everything he gave us'
17 Jun 2018
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Voices
Column: 'I felt a wave of guilt come over me. How was I laughing in a world my mum wasn’t in?'
Mairead Doyle
31 Mar 2018
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Voices
'After years of caring for my late husband, who and what am I now that I'm no longer a wife or carer?'
Annie McGuinness
9 Mar 2018
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Voices
Losing my sister Donna: 'Traumatic shock, grief and facing deep inner demons'
Neil Fox
3 Jan 2018
67.6k
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Voices
Column: 'I'm facing my second Christmas without my partner, Patric'
Jenny Gilleece
24 Dec 2017
59.5k
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Anam Cara
Christmas without loved ones: 'Try to keep it simple. The first year is very, very difficult'
23 Dec 2017
38.1k
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a way of grieving
Do Irish people hoard things when we lose someone close to us?
12 Nov 2017
30.4k
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Have your say
'Dying alone. Like my mother did': Irish people are sharing their fears about serious illness and death
10 Oct 2017
9.2k
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Advic
'Dealing with a loved one's death is difficult, but a murder poses special problems'
8 Jul 2017
19.4k
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Bereavement
'To me, Father's Day is just like any other day because there's always something missing'
18 Jun 2017
11.7k
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not loving it
McDonald's pulls TV ad accused of using child bereavement to sell fast food
16 May 2017
25.7k
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death charter
'I regret not talking to my mother about her death, don't do the same thing'
15 Oct 2016
33.8k
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Pregnancy Loss
Savita Halappanavar "at the core" of new care standards for bereaved parents
10 Aug 2016
9.0k
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Voices
A young child telling me about the death of a parent or sibling is the hardest part of my job
Brid Carroll
22 Dec 2015
740
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children and grief
'Don’t cry, your mum’s in the room. And me? I was dying inside.'
11 Dec 2015
28.9k
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readers' stories
"There is something profound about holding someone as they take their last breaths"
16 Nov 2015
39.3k
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glasnevin cemetery
'What I've learned from working in a crematorium for 33 years'
14 Nov 2015
71.7k
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Voices
'Kate is my daughter. Kate was born still and silent. It is the loudest heartbreak.'
Triona McConkey
13 Nov 2015
556
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Support
Advice: What to say - and not say - to a friend who is recently bereaved
11 Nov 2015
31.3k
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Voices
'Nothing else seemed to matter when she died. I didn't understand why God would take our little girl?'
Michael McEnery
14 Oct 2015
1.9k
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coping with grief
'In the beginning it rips you apart': Parents discuss losing a child
17 Sep 2015
10.2k
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Think Ahead
'My family and I have had many conversations about my impending death'
11 Sep 2015
24.2k
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Voices
Death is a constant companion through life. So why are we afraid of discussing it?
Donal O'Keeffe
15 Jun 2015
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