A very Irish phenomenon: Looking back on 20 years of RIP.ie

When you open RIP.ie and see the carousel of names of the recently deceased, it’s the younger faces that grab your attention.

The 32-year-old man who “died suddenly and unexpectedly” and who leaves behind a pregnant wife and young son, the 24-year-old daughter, sister and friend who died “peacefully surrounded by family” and has asked for donations to cancer charities instead of flowers. They are the ones that hit you.

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