Tributes paid on passing of 'brilliant' advocate for carers of dementia sufferers, Rachel McMahon

Tributes have been paid to a leading and “brilliant” advocate for carers of people suffering with dementia, who was laid to rest today, in her native Limerick.

Rachel McMahon, (34), who passed away suddenly last Monday, had previously cut short her studies in Journalism when she was 19, to help care for her father, Tony, a well-known sports journalist, after he was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s.