Former Irish Times Literary Correspondent Eileen Battersby has died in a car crash in Co. Meath.
A 61 year old was seriously injured in a crash at Sheephouse, on the Oldbridge to Donore Road, 4 kilometres outside Drogheda on Saturday.
She was pronounced dead at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda last night.
Ms Battersby began her journalism career with the Sunday Tribune, before moving to The Irish Times in 1988 where she enjoyed a 30 year career.
Eileen Battersby went on to win four National Arts Journalist of the Year awards, while she also won the Critic of the Year accolade and published several books.
Colleagues and friends from the literary and media worlds have been paying tribute to her life and work.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We're greatly saddened to hear of the sudden death of Eileen Battersby. Our deepest sympathy to her daughter Nadia, her family and many friends. As a contributor to Sunday Miscellany, Eileen wrote superb scripts with both emotional and intellectual depth. In company, she 1/2 <a href="https://t.co/FKg2kyE71Y">pic.twitter.com/FKg2kyE71Y</a></p>— Sunday Miscellany (@RTESunMisc) <a href="https://twitter.com/RTESunMisc/status/1077023875978981382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are deeply shocked and saddened by the death of Eileen Battersby. A fierce and uncompromising critic, a talented novelist and a friend to many, it is a great loss to the world of Irish literature. We are thinking of her daughter Nadia and the rest of her family at this time. <a href="https://t.co/B8HMZz57j8">https://t.co/B8HMZz57j8</a></p>— New Island Books (@NewIslandBooks) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewIslandBooks/status/1076987225496346624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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