Going many extra miles for LauraLynn children's hospice

When by chance Fran O’Brien heard a tragic story on the radio, her life took a new direction. She tells Helen O’Callaghan about her long-term fundraising for children's hospice LauraLynn, about the support of her husband, and how she believes everything happens for a reason

Jane McKenna with daughters Lynn and Laura

An item on a late afternoon radio show in 2004 changed the trajectory of Fran O’Brien’s life.

She was on her own in Terenure-based Just Curtains, the company she ran with her sister Mary, when she “got sort of gripped” by a tragic story coming over the airwaves.