'We'd love to see it replicated in Munster': The breakfast club helping young dads navigate grief 

In the months following his wife's death, John and two other dads formed a breakfast club for grieving fathers 
'We'd love to see it replicated in Munster': The breakfast club helping young dads navigate grief 

John Fitzsimons children Ella and Jack were aged  six and four when their mother passed away

A father of two whose wife died four days before Christmas is urging bereaved dads in Munster to come together to form a group similar to the one that has helped him navigate his grief.

Five years ago, John Fitzsimons wife Gráinne died of cancer in Our Lady’s Hospice in Harold's Cross. At the time of their mother’s death, his children Ella and Jack were aged six and four.

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