Actress Pauline McLynn has told of her heartache after she ignored a phone call from paramedics calling from her father's phone after he had a stroke at work.
The Father Ted star – famed for her role as Mrs Doyle in the Channel 4 series - revealed her father Padraig died 17 years ago when he was just 69 years old after suffering a stroke while at work in the west of Ireland.
Pauline opened up about her heartbreak after she ignored a call from her father's phone by the paramedics who were at the scene treating him.