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'You feel that you're not alone' - the young people finding community in grief

'You feel that you're not alone' - the young people finding community in grief
Image caption, Katherine Macauley's fiancee died in a workplace accident, two days before Christmas

Losing someone you love is never easy. But for Luke, the shock of his dad dying so suddenly, and so early in Luke's life, was especially difficult.

"I lost my dad when I was 21. I didn't feel like there was much out there for young adults experiencing loss," Luke told BBC News NI.

"That initial first year or two, I didn't really know what was going on.

"I didn't know what this thing called grief was, I just ignored it."

It was not until Luke, then 25, lost his grandmother that he realised he had "not really processed" his dad's death.

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