Former 'Irish Examiner' owner Ted Crosbie dies aged 91

Former owner of the Irish Examiner, Ted Crosbie,  who has died at the age of 91. Picture: Denis Scannell

The Taoiseach has led warm tributes to Ted Crosbie, the former owner of the Irish Examiner, who has passed away at the age of 91.

Born Thomas Edward Crosbie in 1931, Ted was the great-grandson of Thomas Crosbie, who took over what was then the Cork Examiner newspaper in 1872.