Our culture around death: Life goes on

Funeral eulogies are all too often grim and sometimes pretty loose with the truth. Occasionally, thankfully, they can be so open, so straight from the heart, that they can be uplifting and comforting.

Earlier this week at the funeral of charismatic writer Emma Hannigan, who died aged just 45 after a decade-long war with cancer, her family and many friends heard one of the inspiring, comforting ones.