Tributes pour in after death of minister, 56

President Michael D Higgins led tributes to Shane McEntee yesterday after the junior agriculture minister’s tragic death.

Tributes pour in after death of minister, 56

Dáil colleagues, fellow farmers, and sporting groups also expressed condolences after the 56-year-old father of three took his life.

Mr Higgins said Mr McEntee had made an enormous contribution to community and public life throughout his career in farming and agriculture, as a TD in Meath in Dáil Éireann, and to the world of sport through the GAA.

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