Working through her pain

Dragon’s Den star Norah Casey’s busy schedule has partly eased the grief of her husband’s death last year, says Rachel Borril

BUSINESSWOMAN and Dragon’s Den star Norah Casey’s schedule is so hectic, she has little time to think. She is up at 4am for her radio show on Newstalk; then it’s into her Dublin office to run her publishing company; and every Friday she presents RTÉ’s new afternoon show from Cork.

But that is the point. Norah does not want time to think. Last year, her beloved husband, Richard Hannaford, 49, died of cancer, leaving Norah and their then 12-year-old son, Dara, grief-stricken.