Our guest this week is a journalist and podcaster who has been campaigning to break the stigma around drug addiction in Ireland, since the death of her brother Matthew in 2016. Niamh O’Donoghue joins Sasha and Venetia to speak about how complex the grief can be when it is as a result of addiction troubles. Niamh’s honest account of her family's troubles in dealing with his addiction both before and after Matthews loss are incredibly powerful to hear. In the interview she speaks about Matthews often misunderstood interior, the devastating reason that lead to his addiction and what damage public stereotypes and language can play in how we treat the country's drug problem.

You can hear her documentary The Gospel According To Matthew here:

https://soundcloud.com/user-973622386/the-gospel-according-to-matthew

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