We don't talk about death enough, a third of Irish people say. More women than men think that, according to an Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) survey. Statistics show that women live longer men so when ...

When I hit 50, which was neither yesterday nor the day before, I began planning my funeral. It seemed an appropriate thing to do. Since early adulthood, I’d had a sense that my years were numbered at ...

At a time of sudden loss, families are typically unprepared to make fast but sensitive decisions. The emotional burden of mourning, along with the practicalities of arranging a funeral, can seem like ...