'It's closure' - Should children be brought to wakes?

A tweet from News Editor of the Irish Examiner Deirdre O’Shaughnessy has sparked off great conversation with the team here. She tweeted: “My husband has brought our two kids to a removal this evening and our Ukrainian friends are aghast” Is it just a very Irish thing, to bring children to a wake? Or is it a good thing? It’s one of the things us Irish pride ourselves on, doing death well. Andrea was joined by listeners to discuss...

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12.30 5 Oct 2023

'It's closure' - Should children be brought to wakes?

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12.30 5 Oct 2023

A tweet from News Editor of the Irish Examiner Deirdre O’Shaughnessy has sparked off great conversation with the team here.

She tweeted: “My husband has brought our two kids to a removal this evening and our Ukrainian friends are aghast”

Is it just a very Irish thing, to bring children to a wake? Or is it a good thing? It’s one of the things us Irish pride ourselves on, doing death well.

Andrea was joined by listeners to discuss...