Norah: I almost sold it all when hubby died

One of Ireland’s leading magazine publishers Norah Casey has told how she almost sold off her business empire in the aftermath of her husband’s tragic death last year.

In a deeply moving interview with Gay Byrne’s The Meaning of Life programme, she told of her struggle to cope with the death of her husband Richard Hannaford, in Oct 2011, at the age of 49, after a five-month battle with cancer. They have a teenage son, Dara.

One of the four hosts of RTÉ’s new Today show, Casey is finding her return to the small screen very therapeutic.