Sligo Public Meeting 08.10.09

Forum on End of Life in Ireland

Whose Death is it Anyway?

Public Meeting

Raddison Blu Hotel, Sligo
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Fifty four people attended a lively and informative meeting of the Forum in the Raddison Blu in Sligo on Thursday October 8. The Chairperson was author and poet, Dermot Healy, author

The panellists were:

1. Sharon Brennan, Clinical Nurse Specialist Hospital Support Team, North West Hospice
2. Patricia Hannon, HSE bereavement therapist and psychotherapist.
3. Fr John Carroll, chaplain, Sligo General Hospital  
4. John Griffin, retired Director of Nursing, Cregg House and chairperson Hospice Friendly Hospitals Standing Committee, Sligo General Hospital
5. Gerard Clarke, funeral director
6. Dr Diarmuid Hegarty, Medical Director NOW Doc, and Acting Coroner Donegal South West