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Marriage in hospice care - listener experience
12 minutes Posted Sep 7, 2026 at 12:46 pm.
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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…