Family Flowers Only with Jemma Buttimer
18 October - 1 hour 3 mins
Podcast Series
Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland
This week I sit down with Jemma Buttimer who shares the heartbreaking loss of her brother Desmond Hurley known to everyone as Des.
Des was just 29 years old when he tragically lost his life in December 2023 while working aboard a fishing vessel off the southwest coast of Ireland. An experienced fisherman from Kinsale Des suffered a fatal injury following a fall on board the boat in circumstances later described at his inquest as a one-in-a-million tragedy.
Jemma shares the devastating shock of losing her brother so suddenly, and we speak about the enormous impact a death like this can have on an entire family.
This is a deeply moving conversation about sibling grief, sudden loss, and the...
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