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Grieving Irish wife thankful for easing of restrictions that led to final farewell to husband on Christmas Day The relaxing of the rules enabled heartbroken Aileen Neilan to hold hands with her husband Jim for the first time since September, on Christmas Day Aileen Neilan and her husband Jim who passed away on St Stephen's Day. Never miss an update on schools, pubs and coronavirus cases with our free newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include...

A GRIEVING wife is thankful for the easing of Covid-19 restrictions around Christmas which allowed her to visit her husband of 68 years for the first time in three months – to say a final farewell just a day before he died. The relaxing of restrictions enabled heartbroken Aileen Neilan (91), from Walkinstown, Dublin, to visit on compassionate grounds and hold hands with her 91-year old husband Jim for the first time since September, on Christmas Day. The devoted couple had been teenage sweethearts, together since they were 19. Sadly the much-loved dad of five passed away on St Stephen's Day...