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# last-rites - Monday 16 November, 2015



# Readers' Stories

# Readers' Stories

"There is something profound about holding someone as they take their last breaths"

Nov 16th 2015, 10:00 PM 33,511 Views 18 Comments

Your experiences of grief, in your own words.

# last-rites - Sunday 15 November, 2015



# Reposing At Home

# Reposing At Home

The traditional Irish wake: Why rumours of its demise have been greatly exaggerated

Nov 15th 2015, 10:00 PM 36,598 Views 38 Comments

“The terrible thing about dying over there is that you miss your own wake,” Dave Allen once said. But is the tradition still as popular?



# Last Rites

# Last Rites

'It's my job to help the family plan and care for their dying children at home'

Nov 15th 2015, 6:30 PM 479 Views 4 Comments

Anne Tan’s career changed after meeting two terminally ill children.



# Last Rites

# Last Rites

"There are worse things than dying" - how Irish medical workers deal with the final journey

Nov 15th 2015, 8:45 AM 30,081 Views 34 Comments

Doctors, nurses and specialists told us what death means to them as an experience.

# last-rites - Saturday 14 November, 2015



# Opinion

# Opinion

'I lost two brothers to suicide. It’s unimaginable that it could happen twice'

Nov 14th 2015, 9:00 PM 7,652 Views 35 Comments

With suicide you are robbed of the natural grieving process. It should be about the person but the act takes over, writes Mary O’Neill.



# WIll Power

# WIll Power

What is it that makes Irish people fight over wills?

Nov 14th 2015, 8:00 PM 23,121 Views 37 Comments

Where there’s a will – there’s a potential family falling out of seismic proportions.



# Glasnevin Cemetery

# Glasnevin Cemetery

'What I've learned from working in a crematorium for 33 years'

Nov 14th 2015, 4:00 PM 62,964 Views 27 Comments

“Down through the years I’ve seen some really tragic cases … It can be hard.”



# Last Rites

# Last Rites

Last Rites: the arrival of a priest is a monument to finality in Irish life

Nov 14th 2015, 6:45 AM 9,349 Views 16 Comments

How do people who are around death as a job handle it?

# last-rites - Friday 13 November, 2015



# Opinion

# Opinion

My Dad was a mortician, so it's no surprise I ended up as an embalmer

Nov 13th 2015, 10:00 PM 2,196 Views 14 Comments

Pamela Murphy had a unique upbringing in that her father was a mortician, so working as an embalmer never fazed her.



# Last Rites

# Last Rites

'Kate is my daughter. Kate was born still and silent. It is the loudest heartbreak.'

Nov 13th 2015, 6:00 PM 440 Views 19 Comments

A mother-of-three on the heartbreak of having a stillborn daughter.

# last-rites - Thursday 12 November, 2015



# Last Rites

# Last Rites

There is no cure for me. I will die from cancer.

Nov 12th 2015, 10:00 PM 6,047 Views 108 Comments

Wendy Coughlan speaks openly about being diagnosed with terminal cancer.



# Last Rites

# Last Rites

Organising a funeral: The unexpected challenges when a loved ones dies

Nov 12th 2015, 8:00 PM 29,578 Views 19 Comments

It can seem like an overwhelming task – here it is step by step.



# Last Rites

# Last Rites

Everything you wanted to know about grief but were too afraid to ask

Nov 12th 2015, 6:00 PM 23,118 Views 5 Comments

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.

# last-rites - Wednesday 11 November, 2015



# Last Rites

# Last Rites

'Then everyone died': I lost four people I loved in 14 months

Nov 11th 2015, 10:30 PM 74,490 Views 60 Comments

“Your heart will always be a little bit broken – and that’s okay.”



# Support

# Support

Advice: What to say - and not say - to a friend who is recently bereaved

Nov 11th 2015, 10:00 PM 30,715 Views 41 Comments

Running away and saying nothing at all is often the worst. But there are times to ‘show up and shut up’.

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