'We owe her a profound debt of gratitude' - Sister Margaret Mac Curtain dies age 91

'We owe her a profound debt of gratitude' - Sister Margaret Mac Curtain dies age 91

Writer, historian, educator and human rights advocate, Sister Margaret Mac Curtain. 

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to Dominican Sister Margaret Mac Curtain, who died this morning aged 91.

In a statement, President Higgins said: “I am among the many, in so many parts of Irish society, who will have heard with great sadness of the death of Sr Margaret Mac Curtain, Dominican sister, historian, educator, human rights advocate, feminist and writer.

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