The Grief Pod

Journalist and Author of the best selling novel ‘Esther is now following you’, Tanya Sweeney, lost her Mum Gabrielle to cancer 15 years ago. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Tanya talks about how her grief has surged since having her own daughter, her Mums last weeks in the hospice and her final hours, and the strange, and surprising path grief can often bring you down.

Painter and co-host of The Creep Dive Podcast, Jen O’Dwyer lost her sister, Aisling at the age of 16 to Cystic Fibrosis.
In this episode of The Grief Pod, Jen talks about the heartbreak of losing her only sibling, the complexities of how her home and childhood, differed to those of her peers growing up, and how having a seriously sibling gave her a sense of ‘limited time’ from a very young age.

Actress Amy De Bhrun’s new short drama ‘Samhain’ depicts the day to day struggles of a mother parenting her neurodivergent son. Written and starring Amy, the movie gives a candid insight into how her character Emma copes with the everyday challenges many parents of neurodivergent children face ‘behind the scenes'

On this weeks episode of The Grief Pod Amy talks about the drama, inspired by her own son, River and the grief a parent feels when their child is diagnosed, the fear of how their child will manage in a not yet fully accepting society, and the importance of learning to inhabit and see the world through your child’s eyes.

At the start of 2020, Emma Charlesworth was a married, working Mum of one, whose life was suddenly turned upside down due to Covid 19. On Mothers Day of that year, they were passing the day as a family in lockdown, when her husband Stuart started running a temperature. He was taken to hospital later that week, and would never come home.

In this episode of The Grief Pod, Emma describes the harrowing experience of the Skype calls with her unconscious husband in ICU, the funeral only ten people could attend, and how her blog and publication of her book ‘Is Daddy going to be ok? have helped her navigate her grief.

On September 26th 2007, Bray Firefighter Brian Murray was killed tragically in the line of duty, alongside his colleague Mark O’Shaughnessy . Brian was 46, and Mark was 26.

On what would have been his 65th birthday, Brian’s son, Brian, talks about the unspeakable tragedy that unfolded that day, the controversy that followed and why, in his role now as a firefighter he wants to ensure both his Dad, and Mark are never forgotten.