Micheal Martins Daughter passes away.

Avns1s

From www.independent.ie


Friday October 29 2010

The seven-year-old daughter of Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin has died.

It is understood Leana, the youngest daughter of Mr Martin and his wife Mary, suffered from a heart condition.

She died peacefully in Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.

Her parents and family were at her bedside.

Mr Martin and his wife said they are heartbroken at the loss of their "darling Leana".

"She was a beautiful light in our lives," they said.




RIP to the poor girl and sincere sympathies to the Martin Family.

Guy:Incognito

Jesus thats terrible. Was this something that was public knowledge (the condition) . Dont remember hearing about it before.

Avns1s

I hadn't heard of anything before this afternoon. As someone who has lost a child my heart goes out to them. There are times when political parties and even economics count for little and this is one of them.

Biggins

Rightly and appropriately by-passing political comment, as a father of four myself, I wish to extend my sympathies to the man as a father and to the family.

I'm sorry to hear of this loss to any family, including Mr. Martins.
Again, my deepest of sympathies to Mr. Martin and his family and wish them all the best at this sad time.

JonathanAnon

Story was updated a second ago..

"A spokesman for Minister Martin said she had been in Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin for two weeks, before being transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital in a critical condition earlier this week."

Very very sad... Similar to Michael Noonan (and what he went through with his wife while he was Minister), you sometimes forget that our politicians are ordinary people with normal families... RIP

Bill2673

My heart goes out to them and to you Avns1s.

JonathanAnon

From the Independent:

http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/micheal-martins-daughter-dies-2400115.html

"Friday October 29 2010
The seven-year-old daughter of Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin has died.It is understood Leana, the youngest daughter of Mr Martin and his wife Mary, suffered from a heart condition.She died peacefully in Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.Her parents and family were at her bedside.Mr Martin and his wife said they are heartbroken at the loss of their "darling Leana"."She was a beautiful light in our lives," they said.

dfbemt

I hate hearing about 'news' like this.

My eldest, and only, girl is 7. Extra hugs for all the kids tonight.

Hopefully the man above will have a warm bed and a soft teddy for her tonight. God bless her.

femur61

I may be wrong and hope I am did he and his wife have a cot death about 10 years ago.

alex73

Terrible new for the Family, I think the whole of Ireland feels for the family.

The Waltzing Consumer

Horrible news. God bless her and her family.

harr

r.i.p and god bless to the martin family

Scampwolf

Very Sad, And I'm afraid you are correct, This is the second child they have lost. God help them ! Puts things in perspective really.

1966

What asad sad loss for the Martin family.

Posy

My thoughts are with them, and anyone who has lost a child. I can't even comprehend how painful that must be. And the fact that it is not their first loss is heartbreaking.

jank

Very sad for the family. My parents know his familiy personally and whatever about his party the family are good and decent people. Must be a very hard time for them.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam

Scofflaw

I'm very sorry to hear that - it's a heartbreak for them.

condolences,
Scofflaw

Duiske

I honestly don't think anything can be more heartbreaking than a parent losing a child. An awful, awful tragedy for the Martin family. R.I.P.

nesf

RIP. To outlive a child is the cruelest fate for any parent.

Essexboy

Sympathy to the family.

Making this its lead story and splashing it across the front page is totally insensitive of the "Irish Independent".

Zynks

Nobody deserves such a tragedy.

RIP Leana.

femur61

nesf wrote: »

RIP. To outlive a child is the cruelest fate for any parent.

The poor parents have out lived two.

Sulmac

RIP, my sympathies to the Martin family.

Pal

they asked for privacy. can we lock this thread out of respect ?

harr

Pal wrote: »

they asked for privacy. can we lock this thread out of respect ?

why? there has not been any disrespect in the thread it is just a outlet for people to pass on there condolence to the family.It has been reported in all the weekend papers,i do not think there is a need to close it.

nesf

Pal wrote: »

they asked for privacy. can we lock this thread out of respect ?

Having a thread so people can offer their condolences in no way clashes with their wish for privacy on the issue.

Zynks

I thought this article is worth sharing: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/martins-pride-and-sorrow-at-funeral-for-little-leana-2405050.html?start=1

HarryPotter41

Zynks wrote: »

I thought this article is worth sharing: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/martins-pride-and-sorrow-at-funeral-for-little-leana-2405050.html?start=1

Indeed, had read it, an incredibly well written and moving article. Michael Martin is to be admired for the courage to pay a tribute like that at a time of such hurt.

pjmn

Deepest sympathies....

PeterIanStaker

Essexboy wrote: »

Sympathy to the family.

Making this its lead story and splashing it across the front page is totally insensitive of the "Irish Independent".

I saw that this morning, I think its very invasive and inappropriate of them.

silkworm53

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I saw that this morning, I think its very invasive and inappropriate of them.

They show the same type of photo when there are car accidents, murders, fires, sinkings etc.

Zynks

Wrong thread to discuss newspapers