Veteran broadcaster Charlie Bird said cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan was his Samaritan – as he described her as an “incredible human being”.
Ms Phelan, who died on Monday, eight years after being diagnosed with cervical cancer, struck up a friendship with Bird after his motor neurone disease diagnosis.
Bird was speaking at the launch of the Samaritans impact report for 2021, which found there were over 1,300 calls to its phone line a day across the island of Ireland , with around a fifth of calls about coronavirus-related concerns.
