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19th Nov 2015

Ray D’Arcy Breaks Down During Emotional Interview With Man Who Has Months To Live

"I'm finding it hard. I shouldn't be crying."

Megan Cassidy

Ray D’Arcy couldn’t hold back the tears this week during an emotional chat on his RTE Radio 1 show.

He was speaking to Kerryman Joe Flynn, who was diagnosed with terminal oesophageal cancer and only has months to live.

The fifty-eight-year-old, who will celebrate his daughter’s wedding next week, is due to become a grandfather for the second time in three months.

Listening to him chat about his bucket list, Ray was overcome with emotion and became tearful. The Tralee man explained how he feels about death, saying: “The dying aspect, I’m not scared of death… I’m scared just in case I’d be suffering too much before it, I’d like to go quickly, that I wouldn’t be suffering too much before it.

He explained that he has his funeral planned.

“I’ve everything arranged – the funeral and the whole lot. Everything is done. Even the coffin lifting, and what I’m wearing in the coffin – no suit. I have a t-shirt at home of Only Fools and Horses with ‘what a plonker’ on the front of it and I’m wearing that, no shoes either, I’ve those given away.”

Joe came with a message of advice to young men – to get their health checked regularly and stay around positivity.

He said: “Anybody that’s positive and bubbly, stay in their company. And get yourself checked out. I had a little cough a couple of years ago, and probably that little cough mightn’t have transpired into this.”

Reading out listener’s messages, Ray began to get noticeably upset.

He said: “Joe I’m in awe of you. Your attitude to the whole thing, I’m sure people want to know advice.”

Saying goodbye, he said: “I’m finding it hard… I shouldn’t be crying.”

He added:  “This interview is all my pleasure, it’s all my pleasure.”

 Listen to the segment on the RTE Player here.