Tony O’Reilly, Nell McCafferty, Ian Bailey and more: 50 people who died in 2024
The Irish Times’s obituary writers have marked the deaths of more than 110 people this year, from entrepreneurs to musicians to journalists. Here is a selection
Charlie Bird
MND: There has to be ‘an acceptance, a letting go and, dare I say, a surrender’
Kevin Carroll, ambassador for this year’s Walk While You Can fundraising event for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association, and his wife Margaret have been navigating continuing changes to their lives since Kevin was diagnosed with MND
Motor neuron disease: ‘It doesn’t affect just me, it affects the whole family’
Using Global Awareness Day to amplify the voices of people living with MND in Ireland
Ransom ’79 review: Charlie Bird and the £5m plot to blackmail the Irish government
Much-loved RTÉ journalist left a fascinating piece of semi-finished business when he died earlier this year
Charlie Bird’s wife Claire on his last story: ‘I will try to live my life without this great man beside me’
Journalist’s wife says former RTÉ correspondent was a ‘brave man’ who ‘didn’t let his terminal illness stop him from getting to the heart of a great story’
Stardust review: Excellent documentary that quite rightly conveys the full horror of that night
Television: Three-part film’s strength comes in never falling into ghoulishness or sensationalism
Claire Byrne’s question about happiness seems particularly pertinent right now
Radio: Today with Claire Byrne, Drivetime and Liveline all hear why so many people voted against the Government’s proposed changes to the Constitution
Miriam Lord: Tiger whimpers in heart-melting moment at Charlie Bird’s moving memorial service
Family, friends, colleagues and the former RTÉ journalist’s beloved dog, Tiger, gathered in Dublin’s Mansion House for the memorial service
‘National treasure’ Charlie Bird remembered at memorial service in Dublin’s Mansion House
Family and RTÉ colleagues offer reflections on life of broadcaster who died after battle with motor neuron disease
Wednesday’s Top Stories: Dublin restaurant ordered to close after cosmetics found in kitchen; Charlie Bird’s glorious final chapter
Here are the stories you need to start your day including a reader’s query about their son being in a manipulative relationship
Charlie Bird: A man who felt fear and faced it with courage
Driven by a determination to be ‘useful’, the much-admired journalist wrote a glorious last chapter to his life
Charlie Bird – forever newsman, true friend and seeker of truth – hit the RTÉ newsroom like a thunderbolt
He cringed at the damage done to the station’s reputation in recent times, but never lost faith in RTÉ the public service broadcaster
‘One of the outstanding journalists of his generation’: President leads tributes to Charlie Bird
Former RTÉ journalist, who has died aged 74, ‘redefined our collective perspective on terminal illness’, says President
Charlie Bird, journalist with ‘grit, fierce determination and generosity of spirit’, dies aged 74
Broadcaster and journalist last month said his health had ‘changed completely’ after 2021 motor neuron disease diagnosis
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