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Losing a Parent to Suicide: Anne Staunton & Rainbows Ireland

Claire Darmody speaks to Anne Staunton, CEO of Rainbows Ireland, about their service of peer supp...

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12.18 29 Apr 2025


Losing a Parent to Suicide: Anne Staunton & Rainbows Ireland


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12.18 29 Apr 2025


Claire Darmody speaks to Anne Staunton, CEO of Rainbows Ireland, about their service of peer support that they offer to children who have been bereaved. Anne explains what they have observed with their work with children who have been bereaved by suicide, and exactly how Rainbows groups work. She speaks about how children can grieve very differently to adults. Anne also shares some work and research Rainbows are doing with the national office for suicide prevention.

You can find a Rainbows group and more information at https://rainbowsireland.ie/.

Anne also mentions a book called Safe Harbour, a new and free illustrated story book ‘Safe Harbour’ that will support children who have been bereaved by suicide; it is now available to download or order at https://about.hse.ie/news/safe-harbour-a-new-free-illustrated-story-book-for-children-bereaved-by-suicide/.

The Losing a Parent to Suicide series on the Pat Kenny Show is supported by the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism in Ireland, in partnership with Shine and Produced by Pat Kenny Show Senior Producer and one of this year's fellows, Claire Darmody.


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