RTE viewers that tuned into Keelin Shanley: Faraway, Still Close were left in tears after the powerful documentary about the late newsreader.
The hour-long doc looked back on the life and death of the RTE Six One news anchor, who died after a battle with cancer in February 2020, aged 51.
Her husband Conor Ferguson, who co-directed the 50-minute film in tribute to the veteran journalist, featured in the doc, as did Keelin herself as she 'spoke from the grave’ in an interview that was filmed just weeks before she died.
There were also some truly emotional recordings of Keelin just days before she passed away.
Keelin had over 20 years of experience as a journalist and broadcaster and helmed a number of programmes for the national broadcaster.
One user tweeted: "Heartbreakingly sad but oh my word,what a formidable woman she was."
Another said: "It's wonderful watching these old clips of Keelin. Smiling through this. She was such a great presenter from the word go."
While a third added: "Keelin Shanley was one of the best, most interesting, and definitely most underrated broadcasters we've had. This is hard to watch."
A fourth chipped in with: "So hard to watch, squeezes the heart. A beautiful talented woman, wife, mother. So very sad for her husband and her children. Her courage facing the illness …"
The award-winning journalist had fought breast cancer and was diagnosed at St Vincent's Hospital in February 2011.
Keelin underwent chemotherapy and a mastectomy within weeks of getting the terrible news.
She opened up about the shock diagnosis in an interview on The Late Late Show in 2013.
"You find a lump and you ring your GP, I was onto the GP about the kids actually and I was like 'should I really check this out' and she said 'sure why not'," she said.
"I did the whole thing through the public health system as well, I got an appointment in Vincent's and they told me there and then, I was horrified, I hadn't a notion.
"The first thing you think about is your children, my kids were 2 and 4 then, it's horrifying."
