The campaigner Christine Buckley has died aged 67 after an illness.
She passed away in a Dublin hospital early this morning.
Mrs Buckley was a survivor of institutional abuse, and was vocal about her time at Goldenbridge orphanage.
She is survived by her husband Donal and children Darragh, Conor and Cliona.
Shortly after the publication of the Ryan report into institutional child abuse, Ms Buckley described her beatings at the hands of one of the nuns at Goldenbridge;
