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Paul Halpin

Paul Halpin

Fundraising Manager at The Irish Blue Cross, the Irish animal welfare veterinary charity, and frequent radio guest on RTÉ's Liveline.

Oct 9, 2026

27:58
Go for it.
27:59
Yeah.
28:00
It's 1-800-839954.
28:03
That's 1-800-839954.
28:06
It's completely confidential, and it's staffed by volunteers who are trai- trained with pet bereavement.
28:11
Because in the Blue Cross, uh, every single day, we see people who say goodbye to their pets, and they really are a part of their, the family.
28:19
So a pet could be with you for 15 or 16 years, and you can think of all the, I suppose the, the, the times in life, like there's births, weddings, marriages, everything that can happen in life, and they're with, with you every step of the way.
29:52
But what, what, what, what do you say, Paul, to people who you meet when you say, when you talk about the pet bereavement line, and you know these people exist, of course, who, who are appalled by what happened to Tracy's cat, but they, at some level they'll kind of say, "But actually they're just animals," or, "It's just a pet"?

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