Politicians unite in sympathy after death of Flor Noonan

The political world has expressed its sympathies to Michael Noonan following the death of the finance minister’s wife, Florence.

Mrs Noonan died on Thursday, aged 68, in Milford Hospice, Co Limerick, after falling ill with pneumonia.

She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in her mid-50s and had been in nursing home care in recent years.