Celebrity chef Derry Clarke and his restaurateur wife Sallyanne have told of their pride as they watched their daughter get married over the weekend.
Sarah May Clarke tied the knot in the UK over the weekend to James McDonough.
Opening about the couple’s pride at their daughter, Derry wrote on social media: “Very proud father and mother of the bride. Congratulations Sarah May and James xx”
Read More: Michelin-starred Dublin restaurant L'Ecrivain to close after over 30 years
The family were left devastated after the death of Andrew passed away through suicide aged 16 in December 2012.
In 2014, an inquest into his death found he had traces of cocaine and benzodiazepines when he died.
His grieving father Derry subsequently said he had “no idea” where his teenage son got the drugs.
Sallyanne told at the time how she received hate mail in the aftermath of her son’s inquest.
“There was one particularly bad one, it was quite a nasty letter and it wasn’t signed.
“It was about obviously I abandoned him as a mother and why didn’t we bury him in a local church quietly and without publicity and why do I constantly crave publicity and did I ever think maybe my son just wanted to get away from me?
“People like that are cowards. If you’re going to write something like that you should really sign it.”
Sallyanne also said her family will never get over Andrew’s death.
“You get around it, you work around it, but you never actually get over it. We were back to work within three weeks and it was actually our saviour because we just threw ourselves back into it.
“There first three months after it happened, business was terrible because people don’t know what to say.
“I know people avoided me, not because they didn’t want to see me – because they didn’t know what to say, they couldn’t handle it.”
READ NEXT:
- Ireland house prices: The salary needed to buy a home in each county amid surprising new Daft data
- Gogglebox's Giles secret job that earns him lots of money after retiring at 21
- Fans fear for Love Island's Paige as video emerges of boyfriend Adam with mystery blonde
- TV chef Rachel Allen bowled over by stranger's kindness after son jailed for drug offences
- Pat Kenny tells Stephen Donnelly he does not have 'great optimism' for winter after after daughter rushed to hospital
Get breaking news to your inbox by signing up to our newsletter
