Laura Brennan - this is me (rte)

gmisk

Is anyone else watching this?
I am not normally one to cry....but...wow, absolutely heartbreaking.

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Exclusive one-off documentary following the final chapters in the life of HPV vaccine campaigner Laura Brennan.

joe35

It's very emotional. She was a lovely lady

iamwhoiam

What a beautiful strong and inspirational woman

gmisk

iamwhoiam wrote: »

What a beautiful strong and inspirational woman

Such a beautiful, supportive and caring family as well.

gmisk

I hope the trolls attacking her are proud of themselves, scumbags.

As expected she rose above it.

iamwhoiam

What an amazing family

JP Liz V1

RIP a truly classy lovely person

splinter65

gmisk wrote: »

I hope the trolls attacking her are proud of themselves, scumbags.

As expected she rose above it.

What was the nature of the trolling? Was it to do with her promotion of the vaccine?

gmisk

What an absolutely inspirational young woman, the love between her and her family remarkable.

Soulsun

Wow that was emotional. What a women. Rip.

gmisk

splinter65 wrote: »

What was the nature of the trolling? Was it to do with her promotion of the vaccine?

Not that it really matters, but a couple of them from the documentary.

"This girl doesn't have a clue what she is supporting it is so easy for the system to brainwash people, what would she know lol."

"How could she be so stupid to not go and get a smear, how could she have got herself into this situation."

Her friends also received death threats.

Absolutely disgusting.

She said
"It's bollocks"...then said she needs to stop swearing

Incredibly moving documentary, a massive credit to her and her amazing family and friends for doing it.

Recliner

Ah Jesus, that was a heartbreaking piece of television.
She was certainly a remarkable young woman and her family, well to be honest I don't even have words to describe how amazing they are and the bond they had with her.
Some of the footage of her Dad broke my heart.
I assume it was her wish to show herself lying in repose. If it was, I'm glad the family honoured that wish. It was in no way macabre, but was such a powerful image.

And as for the trolls, some of whom will probably read this thread, I don't have words for them either.

Be right back

Heart breaking to watch. In tears watching it. Cancer is such a rotten disease.

splinter65

gmisk wrote: »

Not that it really matters, but a couple of them from the documentary.

"This girl doesn't have a clue what she is supporting it is so easy for the system to brainwash people, what would she know lol."

"How could she be so stupid to not go and get a smear, how could she have got herself into this situation."

Her friends also received death threats.

Absolutely disgusting.

She said
"It's bollocks"...then said she needs to stop swearing

Incredibly moving documentary, a massive credit to her and her amazing family and friends for doing it.

What will tear social media down in the end is the morons who swarm around it. Anyone with anything useful to say will stop using it because of the morons. Then you’ll just be left with the morons.
RIP to this young lady and condolences to her family.

Mam of 4

That was so sad , uplifting and moving to watch . Her determination in being A Voice in raising awareness was powerful . Such a beautiful person , inside and out with an amazing family bond .
May she Rest In Peace , and hopefully her wish for the uptake in girls getting the vaccination continues to rise .

Sausage dog

A very moving & inspiring documentary. Heartbreaking to watch. May she rest in peace.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

It was inspiring and heartbreaking to watch. She was incredibly brave and generous in the way she faced her terminal diagnosis.
I really hope some of the people who posted disgusting remarks on social media watched the programme and felt thoroughly and utterly ashamed of themselves. But maybe I'm hoping for too much.

Sincere sympathies to Laura's family. Her legacy is a wonderful one.

Foweva Awone

I watched this last night on RTE Player. A very well made documentary. Wouldn't you just want to adopt the dad and bring him home with you, such a sweet funny man. A gorgeous family.

Fair play to her, she's certainly done far more than her fair share in spreading the message about such an important issue. I'm not particularly spiritual, but wherever she is now hopefully she can rest easy knowing that she made a huge difference to the world in her short beautiful life.

Snow Garden

On again tonight. Harrowing stuff but very well compiled.

Pinch Flat

Heart breaking. That shot of her in the coffin. What a waste and totally preventable.

donkeykong5

Just watched it now. Heartbreaking. RIP Laura.

owlbethere

This was on TV tonight and I agree with the op. I'm not one to cry watching TV but this moved me. Laura was such a beautiful lady. Maybe she RIP.

I'm ashamed to say but I avoided smears for a decade. I was getting letters from the cervical screening but after watching this tonight I think this will change.

NIMAN

That was a tough watch, but inspiring at the same time. I'm sure that show will save lives in the future.
A really strong young woman, and a credit. Her family should be so proud of what she has achieved.

Pity that it could have been avoidable.

So so sad.