I do too. How devastating it must have been for the siblings of the Empress (and all others that were close to the family, not to mention related). And that Irene seemed to be targeted along with GD Olga & Xenia seems so cruel.
Though Irene's persona seems not to come through alot in surviving narratives, she seems IMO to possess the same quiet strength that her mother and even Ella possessed. As well as VMH. Though I don't know if she possessed the same nervous strain from her mother as well.
To have more than one hemophiliac son would be quite a hurdle to say the least. She seems to have handled it differently than Alix. But then again, there wasn't the pressure of having to produce an heir nor did she IMO seem to have the "nervous" condition that bordered on hysteria that Alix exhibited. Not that I personally would blame Alix. As a mother, standing by watching your child edge to the brink of death over and over and over again, would certainly not have drive ME to the brink of a breakdown. But Irene seems to have handled it differently. And IMO deserves much respect and admiration for it. And it is a credit to Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, that her children were so united and had such a bond. Except for the end of course when Ella and Alix drifted apart. But IMO Irene never waivered in her loyalty to her siblings even after the horrible events of the Revolution, WWI and it's aftermath