Tributes after pioneering Cork fundraiser Micheál Sheridan dies aged 51

Micheál Sheridan. Picture: Darragh Kane

Tributes have been paid on Wednesday following the death of a pioneering fundraiser who helped transform hospital and emergency response services in the south of Ireland.

Micheál Sheridan, 51, the chief executive of the Mercy University Hospital Foundation in Cork, died in the Mercy on Tuesday, with his family at his bedside, following a short battle with cancer.