Tributes paid to Irish filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice

Latest: Tributes are flooding in for Irish film director and author Simon Fitzmaurice who has died aged 43.

Update 12.36pm: Tributes are flooding in for Irish film director and author Simon Fitzmaurice who has died aged 43.

The father-of-five was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2008, and at the time was advised he had four years to live.