The President has been leading tributes to the former Labour Party TD for Dún Laoghaire , Niamh Bhreathnach, who has died at the age of 77.
Niamh Bhreathnach, was best known as the minister for education who abolished third-level fees in 1996.
She was among a select number of deputies who was appointed as a senior minister on her first day in the Dáil
President Michael D Higgins expressed his sense of sadness on haring the news.
