Michael Yeats, son of WB Yeats, has died.

The son of William Butler Yeats, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, and grandson of John Butler Yeats, has died. A qualified barrister who exhibited his father's work, a Senator and Cathaoirleach of the Seanad and a member of the European Parliament. The Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, said "He gave dedicated and patriotic service to Fianna Fail, to Ireland and to Europe. His long career as a public representative brought true distinction to both his party and an illustrious family"