‘A void that will never be filled’: Tony Holohan pays tribute to wife at funeral

Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan (centre) arrives for the funeral mass of his wife Dr Emer Feely, at St Pius X Church, Terenure, Dublin (Damien Storan/PA)

Chief medical officer, Dr Tony Holohan, said his wife has left a legacy “that can never be destroyed, and a void that will never be filled”.

Dr Emer Holohan (née Feely), who had been living with a terminal form of blood cancer since 2012, died on Friday.