Parting Words
Parting Words, from Rip.ie and sponsored by An Post Insurance, is a podcast about the messages we leave behind. Through personal stories, music, and reflection, it explores how grief shapes us and how parting words can echo long after goodbye. Each episode invites a well-known guest to reflect on someone they’ve lost, share the soundtrack of their mourning, and imagine the final message they’d leave behind.
Episodes
RIP.ie Podcast: Parting Words | Episode Six, Sarah Corbett Lynch on Grief, Truth and Surviving the Unthinkable
The world thinks it knows the story of Jason Corbett. But this is the story of his daughter.In this powerful episode of Parting Words, Sarah Corbett Lynch speaks openly about the night her father died, the years of manipulation that followed, and the moment she and her brother finally felt safe enough to tell the truth.She reflects on growing up in the shadow of a global news story, navig
Episode 5 - A Mother’s Grief: Eileen Loughlin on Losing Her Little Girl
In Episode Five of Parting Words, primary school teacher and content creator Eileen Loughlin shares the story no parent ever imagines telling: the loss of her three‑and‑a‑half‑year‑old daughter, Annabel, after a tragic accident in the family home. What began as an ordinary mid‑term morning became the day that changed everything, as Annabel was airlifted to Temple Street and surrounded by
Episode 4 - Daragh Fleming on Suicide Loss and Relearning Emotion
In this episode of the RIP.ie podcast Parting Words, writer and poet Daragh Fleming shares the story of losing his best friend, Erbie Underwood, to suicide at just 18 years old.Daragh speaks openly about the shock of Erbie’s death, the guilt he carried for years, and how his grief slowly shifted into four years of emotional numbness. He reflects on the silence that surrounds young men, th
Episode 3 - Miriam O’Callaghan on Anger, Faith and Choosing Joy
In this powerful episode of Parting Words, Miriam O’Callaghan speaks openly about the losses that changed her life forever. She reflects on the death of her sister Anne at just 33, the sudden passing of their father weeks later, and the anger, faith and perspective that shaped her in the years that followed.Miriam shares the moment her worldview collapsed, the graveside promise that trans
Episode 2 - Jacqui Hurley on Sudden Loss and Sibling Grief
In this deeply moving episode of Parting Words, broadcaster and author Jacqui Hurley sits down with Muireann O’Connell to share the story of her beloved brother Sean, who died suddenly in 2011 at just 25 years old.Jacqui speaks with honesty, humour and immense heart about the shock of losing a sibling so young, the joy and energy Sean brought into every room, and the ache of knowing her c
Episode 1 - Colm Hayes on Love, Cancer and Grief
In this episode, proudly sponsored by An Post Insurance, we meet a legend of Irish radio, Colm Hayes. Colm has been entertaining people on airwaves for decades from his early pirate radio days to FM104, 2FM, Radio Nova and most recently Classic Hits. In September 2025, Colm announced that his wife, Anne, had passed away after a six-year battle with breast cancer. Colm shares the story of
