Tributes pour in for wife of former Taoiseach Jack Lynch

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday led the tributes to the late Jack Lynch's widow, Máirín, who died on Tuesday night.

Speaking from the G8 summit in the US, the Fianna Fáil leader said during Mrs Lynch's years in the public eye as a Taoiseach's wife, she became a highly- respected and admired figure.

Mrs Lynch died in St Vincent's Private Hospital in Dublin, aged 87.