President Higgins leads flood of tributes to ‘comic genius’ Niall Tóibín

Tributes flooded in yesterday for “comic genius” Niall Tóibín who has died after a lengthy illness.

President Michael D Higgins said he had learned of the actor, comedian, raconteur and mimic’s passing “with great sadness” and said he had made a unique contribution to Irish theatre in both the English and Irish language.