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Conor Coyle

The ‘death cafe’ in Co Tyrone trying to get people to open up about end of life

A ‘death cafe’ may not seem like an ideal place to spend an evening, but one Co Tyrone group are encouraging people to do exactly that to take the stigma away from end of life.

Yorkshire native Rose Mai Celeste had a fascination with death from an early age and ended up working as a carer for many people who died alone without family or friends.

Now she has started a group for people from all walks of life to get together to discuss death without stigma. The ‘death cafe’ concept was first created by John Underwood in London in 2011 and now there are many which take place across the UK and the world. Rose thought it would be a good idea to bring one to Dungannon .

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