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

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.

Hear Joe Flynn & daughters speak with such positivity about his terminal cancer diagnosis https://t.co/Fhku7etlfr pic.twitter.com/HWhahKye9n

— Ray D'Arcy Radio (@RadioRayRTE) November 19, 2015

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.

"I have a grandchild and the privilege of walking my daughter up the aisle" -Joe Flynn's positivity despite his terminal cancer @RadioRayRTE — RTÉRadio1 (@RTERadio1) November 19, 2015

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."

@RadioRayRTE what a man Joe Flynn is. An example to us all to be happy with what we have.

— rebel.on.tour (@rebelontour) November 19, 2015

Listening to my friend Joe Flynn talk about cancer and his inevitable demise in such a positive manner is inspirational #sad #RayDarcyShow — Mortimer Murphy (@MortimerMurphy1) November 19, 2015

 Listen to the segment on the RTE Player here.