Taoiseach Micheál Martin opens up about grief of daughter Leana's death

Taoiseach Micheál Martin opens up about grief of daughter Leana's death

Leana passed away in 2010 aged seven at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

Micheal Martin opens up on daughter Léana's tragic death

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has spoken out about a ‘very bleak period’ in his life when his daughter Léana passed away. Mr Martin and his college sweetheart wife, Mary, who got married in 1990, welcomed five children: Micheal Aodh, Aoibhe, Cillian, Léana and Ruairí. The pair welcomed their first son, Micheal Aodh, four years after they married, with their daughter Aoibhe having been born two years later. Micheál Martin with his family. Pic: Jacob …