Tributes paid after death of former Fianna Fáil MEP Brian Crowley, aged 61

Political leaders and colleagues have paid tribute to the former MEP, remembered for his resilience, popularity and decades of public service

Former Cork MEP Brian Crowley has died after a year-long illness, passing away in Cork University Hospital overnight. Picture: Dan Linehan

Tributes have been paid following the death of former Fianna Fáil MEP Brian Crowley, a West Cork native who served in the European Parliament for two decades.

Mr Crowley died in the early hours of this morning at Cork University Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment. He had been ill for the past year.