“As a night nurse, I care predominantly for people at the end of their life,” says Rebecca Canty. “It is an extremely sad time of life and I provide nursing care for both the person who is dying and their family. “Nursing care is multidimensional ... so the goal of care is to support the personalised care and wishes of patients and families. “That time came on Friday, April 11th when the Daffodil angel, as I called her, walked into a house full of very sad people as we knew time was near and we would have to say our final goodbyes,” she says. “But we were reassured straight away – it was really special and meaningful when she came into the house in her navy jacket with a daffodil on it.

Source: The Irish Times March 19, 2026 15:03 UTC