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DAY ONE OF the big storm is over and we hope you all managed to remain relatively dry wherever you were today. Met Éireann is predicting similar sights again tomorrow with a spell of heavy, thundery rain along the south coast at lunchtime which will become widespread by nightfall. Wonderful.
Here’s a look at some of the images you’ve been sending us from around the country of the storm which we learned today is called ‘Xenja’.
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My Dad was in Harold’s Cross the last week of his life following a cancer diagnoses a few months earlier. It gave him so much comfort, and us. We were able to stay with him at that time also with specialist care around him. It was so peaceful and we are so grateful to have been there. A home away from home in so far as it could be.
The care and kindness given by the wonderful staff in Carrick to my father and to all of our family in his last weeks was exceptional. We were deeply saddened to hear of the closure of this amazing facility. When so much money is wasted by the HSE and other government agencies, it is hard to understand how a service that provided this level of empathetic, dignified end-of-life care could be closed down. You could not really understand the value of hospice care until you see a loved one going through it.
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