Nell McCafferty’s family ‘humbled and comforted’ by tributes upon her death

Nell McCafferty was a prominent voice on women’s rights issues across the island of Ireland. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The family of renowned author, journalist and feminist activist Nell McCafferty have said they are “humbled and comforted” by the tributes following her death.

The celebrated writer, 80, died in the early hours of Wednesday at a nursing home in Fahan, Co Donegal following a long illness.