Former Fine Gael Senator Paul Coghlan dies aged 79

Tributes have been paid to former Fine Gael Senator Paul Coghlan, who has died. Photo:Gareth Chaney/Collins

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, has led tributes to former Fine Gael Senator Paul Coghlan who died aged 79.

Mr Coghlan was a senator from 1997 to his retirement in 2020, having been a businessman, auctioneer and a founding shareholder of Radio Kerry. He served as Leas Cathaoirleach of the upper house between 2016 and 2020 and had been a member of Kerry County Council and Killarney Urban District Council from 1985.