"The pigeon lady was very much on her own:" Brenda Fricker will be spending Christmas alone
Fricker told Ray D'Arcy on RTÉ's Radio 1 how she usually gets through Christmas and the New Year. "I would be lying if I said that it would be a nice and happy Christmas because I'm one of those people, I'm old and I live alone and it can be very dark," she said. "I just turn the phones off, put the blinds down. I pre record some good programmes and films and I have my dog and I get myself through it that way. "I don't find Christmas all that difficult but what I do find very difficult is New Year's Eve," she added. "All the bells are ringing and there's no one to turn around to, hug or smi...