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Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland

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104 episodes

During the pandemic I created a community on Instagram called Grief Ireland. It was following the death of my sister Elaine and her husband Pa. I found Grief to be still a taboo subject, unspoken, and a topic that not many wanted to discuss. Unless of course those who were in "the club no-one wants to be in". But to find those people was difficult. So I went on a mission to open the conversation, to comfort those who mourn, to educate those who don't, to hold space for others to talk about their Grief, Love and Loss and to remember our loved ones and ensure that they would never be forgotten.

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  1. Family Flowers Only with James Cox

    · 1 h 10 min · S3 E74

    This week I sit down with James Cox who shares the heartbreaking loss of his beloved wife Maria to an incredibly aggressive form of cancer known as soft tissue sarcoma. Maria was a young, healthy woman whose life was…

  2. Family Flowers Only with Jemma Buttimer

    · 1 h 03 min · S3 E73

    This week I sit down with Jemma Buttimer who shares the heartbreaking loss of her brother Desmond Hurley known to everyone as Des. Des was just 29 years old when he tragically lost his life in December 2023 while…

  3. Family Flowers Only with Sandra Mullen

    · 1 h 23 min · S3 E72

    This week I speak to Sandra Mullen, a makeup artist and celebrant who shares a deeply personal story of loss, survival and a type of grief that often goes unrecognised. Just four months after her wedding devastating…

  4. Family Flowers Only with Noeleen Eustace

    · 1 h 02 min · S3 E71

    This week I sit down with Noeleen Eustace, who shares the devastating story of losing her son Kelvin to suicide. Noeleen speaks about Kelvin’s struggles with both addiction and his mental health, and the years she…

  5. Family Flowers Only with Zoe Welsh

    · 1 h 15 min · S3 E70

    This week I sit down with Zoe Welsh who shares the heartbreaking story of losing her dad to suicide. Zoe was just 16 when a situation involving inappropriate messages and comments from an older man known to the family…

  6. Family Flowers Only - Bonus Ep

    · 23 min · S3 E70 · Bonus

    BONUS EPISODE - AFTER THE FLOWERS This week I’m introducing something new to the podcast.....After the Flowers. These bonus episodes will be a little different. Each week I’ll take a question or topic that has come…

  7. Family Flowers Only with Daniel Coulter

    · 1 h 24 min · S3 E69

    This week I sit down with Daniel Coulter who shares a story of childhood grief, addiction and recovery. Daniel was just 10 years old when his dad died suddenly in front of him. He speaks openly about experiencing such…

  8. Family Flowers Only with Gavin Hattie

    · 1 h 03 min · S3 E68

    This week I sit down with Gavin Hattie, who shares the story of his beautiful son Connor, who was diagnosed with the extremely rare Krabbe disease and sadly passed away on his first birthday. Gavin speaks about those…

  9. Family Flowers Only with Evan Gearns

    · 1 h 36 min · S3 E67

    This week I sit down with Evan Gearns, who shares the heartbreaking story of loosing his brother Andrew to suicide following a struggle with addiction and his mental health. Evan speaks openly about Andrew’s life, the…

  10. Family Flowers Only with Suzanne Byrne

    · 1 h 06 min · S3 E66

    This week I sit down with Suzanne Byrne, who shares the story of her husband Jay, and the extraordinary 15-year battle with cancer that they faced together. Jay was a singer, and over the years the illness took so…

  11. Family Flowers Only with Craig Coady

    · 1 h 18 min · S3 E65

    This week I sit down with Craig Coady, a father who has faced an extraordinary amount of heartbreak and who is now fighting with everything he has for his son. Craig speaks about his wife Della, who is living with…

  12. Family Flowers Only with Joe Grogan

    · 1 h 22 min · S3 E64

    This week I sit down with Joe Grogan from Tuam, Co. Galway, to talk about his son Shane and a very different kind of grief, living grief. In 2012, Shane’s life and the lives of his entire family changed in an instant…

  13. Family Flowers Only with Ciara Keegan

    · 1 h 32 min · S3 E63

    🎧 Podcast Description This week I sit down with Ciara Keegan, who shares the heartbreaking loss of her sister Jessie a young mum of two who died last year from triple-negative breast cancer. Ciara speaks so honestly…

  14. Family Flowers Only with Marian Hastings

    · 1 h 33 min · S3 E62

    This week I sit down with Marian Hastings who shares the loss of her husband James to cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer). Marian speaks openly about the devastating reality of a diagnosis with so few treatment…

  15. Family Flowers Only with Shaunna Briody

    · 1 h 05 min · S3 E61

    This week I sit down with Shaunna Briody who shares the devastating loss of her only sibling Ryan in a tragic accident. Ryan was a young mechanic with his whole life ahead of him. Shaunna speaks openly about the…

  16. Family Flowers Only with Andrew Hart

    · 1 h 13 min · S3 E60

    This week I sit down with Andrew Hart who lost both of his parents by the age of just 24. Andrew speaks about losing his dad to cancer, before sharing the heartbreaking story of his mum's long struggle with mental…

  17. Family Flowers Only with Maeve Keegan

    · 1 h 26 min · S3 E59

    This week I sit down with Maeve Keegan, who shares the heartbreaking loss of her husband Mark, who died by suicide in 2010. Maeve speaks openly about the complex circumstances surrounding Mark's death. What began as…

  18. Family Flowers Only with Claire Harrison

    · 1 h 21 min · S3 E58

    This week, I sit down with Claire Harrison, who shares the heartbreaking loss of her niece Lucy Harrison, who was killed by her father, Claires brother. Claire and Lucy were incredibly close, with only a couple of…

  19. Family Flowers Only with Ronan Cullen

    · 1 h 31 min · S3 E57

    This week, I sit down with Ronan Cullen who shares the devastating and very recent loss of his beloved wife Claire. Claire was in the Dominican Republic for her brother's wedding when she was tragically killed in a…

  20. Family Flowers Only with Sinead Hall

    · 1 h 29 min · S3 E56

    This week I sit down with Sinéad Hall who shares the heartbreaking loss of her baby son Ruadhán (Ruadh). In a deeply emotional conversation Sinéad speaks openly about the devastation of losing a child, the love she…

  21. Family Flowers Only Recommends: GoLoud Sleep Sounds

    · 1:15 · S3 E55 · Trailer

    Something a little bit different now. I want to share a gentle, deeply comforting new resource with you all. We know that for so many carrying the weight of loss, the hardest part of the day comes when the rest of the…

  22. Family Flowers Only with Andrea Gilligan

    · 1 h 02 min · S3 E54

    This week I sit down with Andrea Gilligan, well-known broadcaster and host of Lunchtime Live on Newstalk for a deeply personal conversation about the loss of her dad Gerry. Andrea speaks about the incredibly close…

  23. Family Flowers Only with Elliot Gannon

    · 1 h 28 min · S3 E53

    This week, I sit down with Elliot Gannon, who shares the life and loss of his son Rí, who was born with SMA Type 1 (Spinal Muscular Atrophy). Elliot speaks about the long and complex journey that followed Rí's…

  24. Family Flowers Only with Hannah Kelly

    · 1 h 23 min · S3 E51

    This week I sit down with Hannah Kelly, who shares the loss of her mum and the complex grief that surrounded their relationship. For much of Hannah’s life it was just the two of them. Her father left when she was very…

  25. Family Flowers Only with Patrick Moloney

    · 2 h 09 min · S3 E50

    This week I sit down with Patrick Maloney from Kerry for a conversation that explores loss in a very different way. While we still speak deeply about grief, this episode moves beyond bereavement and into the loss of…

  26. Family Flowers Only with Paula Naughton

    · 1 h 53 min · S3 E49

    This week I sit down with Paula Naughton from Roscommon, mum to three boys Archie, George, and Isaac. All three were diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD, a life-limiting illness with no cure. Sadly Paula…

  27. Family Flowers Only with Kathleen Barrett

    · 1 h 25 min · S3 E48

    This week I sit down with Kathleen Barrett who shares the sudden loss of her husband Ned, who died unexpectedly at home. Kathleen and Ned had been together since they were very young, sharing almost 40 years of love,…

  28. Family Flowers Only with Des O'Donnell

    · 1 h 30 min · S3 E47

    This week, I sit down with Des O’Donnell who shares the sudden and devastating loss of his wife Teresa known to many as Terri. Des and Terri were together for nearly 40 years, deeply intertwined in every part of their…

  29. Family Flowers Only with Megan Kelly

    · 1 h 03 min · S3 E46

    This week I sit down with Megan Kelly who shares the devastating loss of both her brother Graham and her mum Samantha, who died by suicide just over a year between each other. Megan speaks with incredible honesty…

  30. Family Flowers Only with Lauren Golden

    · 55 min · S3 E45

    This week I sit down with Lauren Golden a clinical psychotherapist, who shares the loss of her brother Daniel who died by suicide. Lauren speaks about the complexity of Daniel’s mental health in the lead-up to his…

  31. Family Flowers Only with Dympna Little

    · 1 h 16 min · S3 E44

    This week I sit down with Dympna Little known to many online as @dimplestilskin, recognised for her sharp wit and dark humour. In this conversation Dympna shares a very different side of herself, speaking openly about…

  32. Family Flowers Only with Lauren Keaney

    · 1 h 05 min · S3 E43

    This week I sit down with Lauren Keaney who shares the devastating loss of her brother Thomas who died in Australia after being the victim of a one-punch attack. Thomas had emigrated from Galway and Lauren speaks…

  33. Family Flowers Only with Sarita Egan

    · 1 h 24 min · S3 E42

    This week I sit down with Sarita Egan a mum of four who shares the heartbreaking loss of her husband Mark, who died by suicide. Mark had also battled for a period with severe psychosis on and off whilst coming off…

  34. Family Flowers Only with Brittany Dowling

    · 1 h 23 min · S3 E41

    This week I sit down with Brittany Dowling who shares the heartbreaking story of losing her husband Danny Dowling who died suddenly at just 36 following an epileptic seizure known as SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in…

  35. Family Flowers Only with Joanna McNulty

    · 1 h 10 min · S3 E40

    This week I sit down with Joanna McNulty who shares the devastating and very recent loss of her father Joachim McNulty. Joachim was a seasoned fisherman who knew the sea well but tragically lost his life when his car…

  36. Family Flowers Only with Rachel Gotto

    · 1 h 36 min · S3 E39

    This week I sit down with Rachel Gotto, a trauma and crisis coach and clinical hypnotherapist, who shares both her personal story of loss and the work she now does supporting others through trauma and grief. Rachel…

  37. Family Flowers Only with Tommy Martin

    · 1 h 30 min · S3 E38

    This week, I sit down with Tommy Martin who shares the deeply traumatic loss of his brother Chris who died suddenly from an asthma attack in front of him. Tommy speaks openly about the shock of that moment, trying to…

  38. Family Flowers Only with Zöe Williams

    · 58 min · S3 E37

    This week I sit down with Zoe Williams who shares the heartbreaking loss of her brother Lee who died from cancer at just 27 years old. Zoe speaks openly about what it was like to watch her brother become ill at such a…

  39. Family Flowers Only with Lyn Kennedy

    · 1 h 38 min · S3 E36

    This week I sit down with Lyn Kennedy for an honest conversation about two very different but equally profound kinds of loss. Lyn first speaks about her wonderful dad Peter who developed depression later in life and…

  40. Family Flowers Only with Evan Daly

    · 1 h 19 min · S3 E35

    This week I sit down with Evan Daly, who speaks with such love and honesty about losing his dad Iggy to an extremely aggressive cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma. Evan’s dad died just one month to the day after his diagnosis,…

  41. Family Flowers Only with Roz McElwee

    · 1 h 26 min · S3 E34

    This week I sit down with Roz McElwee for an honest and moving conversation. Roz speaks about loosing her beloved mom to cancer. Interwoven throughout this episode is a very open discussion about baby loss, fertility…

  42. Family Flowers Only with Ailbhe O'Donnell

    · 1 h 22 min · S3 E33

    Content note: This episode includes discussion of suicide, mental health struggles, and family estrangement. In this weeks episode I’m joined by Ailbhe O'Donnell, who shares her experience of loss, survival, and the…

  43. Family Flowers Only with Sophia Murphy (Catch Up)

    · 36 min · S3 E32

    This week’s episode is a catch-up conversation with previous guest Sophia Murphy where we reflect on how she has navigated Christmas and the months since we last spoke. Sophia’s grief journey is complex and deeply…

  44. Family Flowers Only with Charlotte Finn

    · 1 h 09 min · S3 E31

    This week I sit down with Charlotte Finn, who speaks openly about losing her dad Michael to oesophageal cancer. Charlotte was just 13 when her dad was diagnosed and 14 when he died. Now 19 she reflects back on that…

  45. Family Flowers Only with Edel Killilea

    · 1 h 36 min · S3 E30

    This week I sit down with Edel Killilea for an incredibly moving and emotional conversation. Edel’s story is one of huge love and immense loss. She speaks about loosing her baby daughter Sienna who was born with a…

  46. Family Flowers Only for you the Listeners

    · 17 min · S3 E29 · Bonus

    This week join me from my home for a solo episode! I wanted to be with you this New Year's Eve to highlight how hard the day can be while navigating grief. As this year comes to an end I also wanted to share a couple…

  47. Family Flowers Catch Up with Eimear and Alan Durnan

    · 41 min · S3 E28 · Bonus

    I caught up remotely with Eimear and Alan who I recorded a full episode with back in April. They spoke so honestly about the devastation of loosing their precious daughter Keeley and today we caught up about how they…

  48. Family Flowers Only with Clara Gardiner

    · 1 h 29 min · S3 E27

    This week I sit down with Clara Gardiner who shares the heartbreaking story of losing her younger sister Jemma. Jemma lived with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, and while she was a bright, bubbly, and deeply loved…

  49. Family Flowers Only with Peter Shelley

    · 1 h 29 min · S3 E26

    This week I sit down with Peter Shelley who shares the heartbreaking story of losing his baby daughter Aodhla suddenly at just eight weeks old to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Peter speaks honestly about the…

  50. Family Flowers Only with Hazellynn Doyle

    · 1 h 19 min · S3 E25

    This week I sit down with Hazellynn Doyle, who speaks so openly about the devastating loss of her dad Derek. He died instantly in a tragic road accident when a HGV lorry made a left-hand turn while he was cycling home…

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