Irish Examiner View: Doddie Weir's thoughtfulness will live forever

The Scotland rugby star dedicated himself to educating people about motor neurone disease.

Doddie Weir: Died after a six-year fight against motor neurone disease.

When the late Colette Murphy from Bishopstown, Cork, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in late 2020 it was, she and her family knew, a death sentence.

When her phone rang some months later from an unknown number in the UK, she answered anyway. A voice said: “Hello Colette, my name is Doddie Weir and I’m suffering from MND as well.”