The ‘Hidden Assets’ star on the very recent loss of her mother

Cathy Belton returns to our tellies. Photo: Barry McCall

Cathy Belton returns to our tellies. Photo: Barry McCall

Cathy Belton is already ­waiting when I arrive at the Dublin hotel where we’ve planned to meet. She lives nearby with her husband Brian. They ­travelled back from Galway the night ­before, where they had been to Cathy’s childhood home for the weekend.

They had been attending the 79th birthday of Cathy’s beloved mother Anna, who died suddenly and unexpectedly a few weeks earlier. Anna, Cathy tells me, had been full of energy, living with her grandson and regularly travelling to Dublin to see her daughters, Cathy and Orina.