The 69-year-old radio star died as she took an afternoon nap at her home near Naas, Co Kildare
Heartfelt tributes were paid to legendary broadcaster Marian Finucane as friends and colleagues remembered the “voice of reason”.It also emerged last night she had been due to become a grandmother for the first time next month.Sources said last night she was looking forward to returning to the airwaves this weekend.
“It was her welcoming voice, her charming voice, everyone knew they’d get a fair hearing off Marian, albeit a priest, a prime minister, a politician or even just an ordinary citizen phoning in with their story. Marian, who was born in 1950, first worked with RTE in the late-1970s but it was on Liveline where she truly became a household name.
“A household name, she was first and foremost a tenacious journalist with a zeal for breaking new ground.
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