Taking to Twitter on Saturday night the much-loved comedian and presenter on Radio Nova shared a poignant photograph of his mother saying: “RIP Ma. 5/11/22.”
Offering messages of support was actress and children’s author Pauline McLynn, best known for her role as Mrs. Doyle in the TV series Fr Ted, whose mother Sheila died two weeks ago.Psychologist Niamh Fitzpatrick who lost her sister Dara, when the Irish Coast Guard air and sea search helicopter she was piloting crashed off Co Mayo in 2017 added: “Ah I’m so sorry to read this, PJ; my heartfelt condolences to you. And may your lovely Ma rest in peace.
He said in an interview seven years ago he said about his parents: “My folks were crazy too and weren't very strict, so it was a great bit of craic growing up in our house.