Tributes paid after death of former Tipperary TD Carrie Acheson

The so-called "voice of the Ploughing" died at the age of 88

Carrie Acheson pictured in 1999 at the Ploughing Championships in Cork.

Tributes have been paid to former Fianna Fáil TD for South Tipperary Carrie Acheson who passed away on Monday after a short illness.

She was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Tipperary South constituency at the 1981 general election but lost her seat at the following February 1982 election. She served as Mayor of Clonmel in 1980.