Episode 5:
“Brooke’s Broken Heart”
U2 fan, Brooke Bradley flew from Colorado, USA to see U2 play in Dublin. When Brooke got to Dublin she got an email to say that the concert tickets she bought online were no longer available and she would get a full refund. Brooke called Liveline and while explaining her story it emerged that the reason she came to Dublin was to get over a broken heart with a childhood sweetheart back in Colorado. Since talking to Joe in 2015 the love of her life (also a huge U2 fan) has since married someone else and this year Brooke returned to Dublin to draw a line in the sand and leave her broken heart behind her. To do this Brooke visited U2s iconic graffiti wall on Hanover Quay to write a quote from a U2 song “A broken heart is an open heart”.
Story – “Cremation”
Earlier this year a Papal edict was issued stating Catholics are forbidden from keeping the ashes of loved ones at home but instead they should be buried in consecrated ground. Calls poured into Liveline from people who kept the ashes of their loved ones at home.
One call was from Marian McDonald, she told how when her daughter Amy died that she didn’t want to leave her in a graveyard but instead brought her ashes home and buried them in her back garden with a discrete slab of stone and a bench marking the grave. She spoke passionately of how much this means to her family and how it helps them grieve. Marian spoke of how the family sit in the garden and have a cup of tea beside Amy’s grave and lovingly reminisce about their daughter.
Story – “The Wolf Tones”
A discussion about bands and who owns the name of the band once they split up featured on Liveline in 2009. Derek Warfield of the Wolf Tones came on air to talk about his experience when he left the band some years previous. Soon the other three members of the band came on air and a bitter argument ensued. When Derek left the band he also left his band mate and brother Brian Warfield. The brothers had played together for nearly 40 years till the bands hostile split in 2001 – but that day on Liveline was the first time the brothers had spoke in 8 years.
Now 16 years since the band split up, Liveline Callback meets Brian and Derek Warfield to see whether the brothers have put their differences behind them.