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When our day-old son died, I had to get out of Ireland. Watching home from abroad gives me hope

We moved to Brussels, where kind Irish friends gave us somewhere to stay. It’s wonderful to see much-needed social change in Ireland

Leaving Dublin for Brussels in the long, wet summer of 2012 was a get-out-of-town move precipitated by a family tragedy. Photograph: Alan Betson
Leaving Dublin for Brussels in the long, wet summer of 2012 was a get-out-of-town move precipitated by a family tragedy. Photograph: Alan Betson