Una O'Hagan

2022 - 4 - 6

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'He said I know I am going to the light' – Former RTÉ journalist Una ... (Independent.ie)

Former RTÉ newsreader Una O'Hagan has said she and her late husband Colm Keane had a “wonderful, sounding board kind of relationship”.

Mr Keane had researched near-death experiences extensively throughout his career and Ms O’Hagan said this gave him great solace before he passed away, adding: “He said ‘I know where I’m going. That was the best time,” she said. “I try and put people ay their ease. “It was the simple times that we enjoyed. He had great curiosity about everything.” Ms O’Hagan said she and Mr Keane had a “great exchange of ideas”, even though “he wasn’t always the easiest to work with” because when Colm Keane had an idea “he ran with it”.

RTE's Una O'Hagan emotionally speaks on husband Colm Keane's ... (RSVP Live)

The former RTE newsreader explained how she preferred people to talk about Colm's passing and how they both dealt with her son Sean's cancer diagnosis ...

It had spread to the lungs and after two and a half years, he died.” A week before his passing he told his wife that she would be okay when he died, she explained: “He had done a lot of preparation to make sure that I would be, just practicalities. He just slowed and slowed and then passed away.” I told him that Sean loved him, that he was a great dad and that he had left a wonderful legacy. You feel the engines slowing down and that was Colm. “I looked at him, he looked at me.

'We never stopped talking' – Former RTE host Una O'Hagan opens ... (Extra.ie)

Former RTE presenter Una O'Hagan has paid two tribute to her late husband Colm Keane and son in an emotional interview.

It had spread to the lungs and after two and a half years, he died. I told him that Sean loved him, that he was a great dad and that he had left a wonderful legacy. I remember after the funeral I put my hand in Colm’s hand because there was the kind of question, “What do we do now?” The world has ended. Una added: ‘He had done a lot of preparation to make sure that I would be, just practicalities. ‘You know when you’re on a flight and you’re coming into land and it’s the perfect flight. ‘What’s worse is if somebody doesn’t mention or refer to the fact that you have had somebody who has died.

RTE's Una O'Hagan shares final words to late husband Colm Keane ... (Irish Mirror)

Speaking for the first time since his passing, Una also reflected on the 'shattering' grief of losing their only son to cancer too.

It had spread to the lungs and after two and a half years, he died.” “I looked at him, he looked at me. He just slowed and slowed and then passed away.” And so I am.” Una, 60, said: “It was such a privilege to be with him. “He had done a lot of preparation to make sure that I would be [okay], just practicalities.

RT's Una O'Hagan Emotions Speaks On Husband Colm Keane's ... (The Miracle Tech)

Una O'Hagan talks about the passing of her husband Colm Keane in an emotional conversation.

'It feels like half of me is gone' says emotional Una O'Hagan on ... (The Irish Sun)

RTE's Una O'Hagan held back tears this morning as she spoke about her late husband's emotional final moments.The former newsreader spoke about Colm Ke.

And so I am." “The engine slowed and slowed and then you find you’re on the ground and it’s just so peaceful. Una told how the death affected her and husband. She said: "It was such a privilege to be with him. You feel the engines slowing down and that was Colm. It was in the Waterford Hospice, I held his hand.

RT's Una O'Hagan shares last words to late husband Colm Keane in ... (The Miracle Tech)

Former RT newsreader Una O'Hagan has opened up about the death of her husband Colm Keane for the first time, and shared their last words to each other ...