To be the last of six siblings is a sad and terrifying thought at the best of times: the facing horizon is uncompromising. But when many of the siblings have been troubled and the family dynamic is one of damage, the grief can be deeply complicated. When Margaret Heffernan lost her older brother Frank late last year, she was left as the last of the group of siblings still in the powerful Dunnes family firm which had once been populated by all but one. But when her brother Ben died last weekend, a different bond was broken, the ineffable chord…

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