Personal Insights: The death of my mother and the solace of Cork's 202 bus

London based barrister and writer John-Paul McCarthy reflects on a return to Cork and a final farewell to his mother.
John Paul's late mother.
John Paul's late mother.

London based barrister and writer John-Paul McCarthy reflects on a return to Cork and a final farewell to his mother.

I FLEW home to Cork City from London in late February to help my mother die in the Mercy Hospital. The specific details of those weeks on the ward remain too sad to summon properly.

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