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Taoiseach Enda Kenny offers his condolences on the passing of Maeve Binchy
Taoiseach Enda Kenny today offered his condolences on the passing of writer Maeve Binchy:
"Today we have lost a national treasure. Across Ireland and the world people are mourning and celebrating Maeve Binchy. She is a huge loss wherever stories of love, hope, generosity and possibility are read and cherished.
Today as a nation we are thankful for and proud of the writer and the woman Maeve Binchy.
I offer my deepest sympathies on behalf of the Government and the Irish people to her husband Gordon Snell and extended family."