Muireann O’Connell: ‘My dad laughed the whole way to the end’

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When broadcaster Muireann O’Connell talks about her beloved father Brendan, you can’t help but get a sense of the man she adored the fun-loving golfer and former garda who passed away from cancer in March.

It’s clear that Brendan O’Connell loved his family and was much loved in return by his wife Marie and his children Niamh, Deirdre, Brian and Muireann who, at 38, was still the baby of the family. ‘No matter what age you are, you’re always a child when it comes to your parents,’ Muireann says. ‘They will try to protect you to the very end.

every time I drove home, Dad would have been out kicking the tyres of the car and I’d have to tell him, “Dad, I’m an adult,” to which he’d say, “I’m just checking it out,”‘ she adds, sticking on her best