'We will never see her like again': Oscar winner Brenda Fricker dies aged 81

Dublin-born Fricker won an Oscar in 1990 for her role in Jim Sheridan’s My Left Foot

Brenda Fricker with Daniel Day-Lewis after her Oscar win

Brenda Fricker, the first Irish actress to win an Oscar, has died after a period of ill health, according to her agent Phil Belfield.

He said in a statement to the Press Association: “We will never see her like again and the world is lesser for the lack of her.