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Marriage in hospice care - listener experience

Andrea’s guest got married to her husband Damien shortly after he was diagnosed with bowel cancer...

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12.46 7 Sep 2026


Marriage in hospice care - listener experience


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12.46 7 Sep 2026


Andrea’s guest got married to her husband Damien shortly after he was diagnosed with bowel cancer. In May 2025, Wicklow hospice facilitated the wedding that allowed the couple to wed within the grounds.

Just over a month later, on Father’s Day, he passed away shortly after midnight, as his favorite Kodaline song played.

Antoinette joins to discuss her wedding day, and how grateful she is to Wicklow hospice for helping her to marry Damien before he passed…


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