The cancer patient and campaigner who wrote to Enda Kenny criticising pay hikes for special advisers at a time of cutbacks in the health service has died.

A sick father whose wife is recovering from cancer and whose two children are autistic has expressed outrage at a pay rise for a special adviser, which he wrote to Enda Kenny about but got no reply.

Yves Chavanne, 61, who is battling cancer, wrote to Enda Kenny arguing against the €127,000 salary sanctioned for Ciaran Conlon.

The terminally ill man who wrote to Taoiseach Enda Kenny over a pay rise for an adviser describes how crucial follow-up treatment for his cancer never went ahead.