Update: Funeral arrangements for Emma Mhic Mhathúna announced

Emma Mhic Mhathúna, whose children’s needs were front and centre of all she did, has died, aged 37. She leaves behind five children, the youngest of whom is just two, following a harrowing battle with cancer which had its genesis in a misread cervical smear test.

Update 9.57am: A funeral mass for Emma Mhic Mhathuna will take place at Carraig Church in Ballydavid, west Kerry, at 11am tomorrow.

Her removal will take place at St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin tomorrow afternoon.