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Book Review: Dear Life

'Dear Life' answers our questions about death without us having to ask them out loud. Junior doctor Rachel Clarke is not afraid to take...

Deficiencies rife in flawed Dying with Dignity Bill

Proposed legislation should be referred to respected Citizens' Assembly. The right to die already exists in Ireland. Suicide is legal,...

How to live with loss during Christmas time

At Christmas time, the losses we experience in our lives are felt with much greater intensity. The volume is turned up on everything; the...

A life dedicated to dying well

Our citizens will die better in a culture and setting where we can approach, rather than avoid, our mortality. At the end of life there...

The death of a loved one breaks open the heart and strips us back to our most tender selves

We humans are the only species with the capacity to reflect on our own mortality. The outpouring of grief for Anthony Foley touched the...

How the death of a child breaks open the human heart

The tide has turned. The image of three-year-old Aylan washed up on a beach in the holiday resort of Bodrum, Turkey, has cut through...