The Irish funeral in the time of coronavirus
PODCAST: Padraic Cawley has been a civil funeral celebrant for a decade and has never experienced anything to compare to the reality of funeral services during the time of Covid-19.
How to talk about death to those with a learning disability
PODCAST: Irene Tuffrey-Wijne is a Professor of Intellectual Disability and Palliative Care. She talks about ways to share bad news and the importance of communication.
Meeting the women who work in St Francis Hospice
PODCAST: Getting a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of St Francis Hospice Dublin through the voices of some of the incredible women who work there.
What we can learn from the experience of green burial in Canada
PODCAST: The Green Burial Society of Canada have been striving to quantify what makes a green burial actually ‘green’.
Ireland’s Muslims: the respect, ritual & etiquette of an Islamic funeral
PODCAST: The Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland share how the dead are cared for within the diverse Irish-Islamic community.
Banshees, fairies and wakes – old Irish death folklore
PODCAST: The wail of the banshee, unexpected interventions of fairies and farm animals sharing in the sorrows of death – learning about death folklore in Ireland.
How to write a better sympathy card
It can be difficult to know what to say in a card. This short guide to supportive language can help.
After a death: key documents checklist
Find the key documents you’ll need to gather following the death of someone close, to help ease this painful process.
Where to start: free funeral planning app
Download our app which guides you through each step of planning a funeral and obtaining a death certificate.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living – Cicero
