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Colm Hayes has thanked his family, friends, hospital staff and the public for their support following the death of his wife Anne. Anne sadly lost her life earlier this month following a courageous six-year battle with breast cancer. Classic Hits presenter Colm took to social media today to pay a beautiful tribute to his beloved wife, while thanking everyone for their well wishes. Read more: Lucy Kennedy is glad everything worked out for her leaving RTE as she praises Claire Byrne Read more: Laura Woods on parenting two sons, working in media, and marriage to husband Mark He remembered Anne as his "best friend" who "never complained" and "lived life to the full". Colm said in a video on Instagram: "This is the first post I've actually personally posted since Anne has passed, my beautiful wife of 35 years, who fought an incredible battle against stage 4 metastatic cancer for six years. "The first four years of [Anne's illness] we lived a life, we travelled, she travelled to 24 locations. "She had two bags packed every day. One was for the hospital, one was for the next time she was going away. "She lived life to the full and the last two years were really tough on her. "But she still went away, she still smiled. She never moaned, she never complained." Colm went on to praise the "amazing staff" at St. Vincent's Hospital for making Anne's last few days comfortable. The ex 2FM presenter also shared his love for his family. He continued: "To my family and friends who were brilliant, and to Anne's family, the Lairds, who were there in Vincent's all the way to the end. "To my brother Justin who supported me in ways that were just unbelievable, to my kids Holly and Alex who were hugging each other and supporting each other." Colm also thanked everyone who reached out to him with a kind text or supportive message. Speaking about the outpouring of love he has received, he said: "I always wondered does it mean anything? "Yes it does. It gets you through every single day. "And the kindness of strangers has just been immeasurable." Colm signed off by saying he hoped to return to work soon as Anne would want him to go back to radio. He captioned the post: "Thank you to everyone who has helped and is still helping. "I miss my best friend and beautiful wife Anne every second of every day minute of every hour of every day. "Anne Laird you were a fighter who never complained. You were so very brave." "Fabulous tribute you can almost touch the love you shared," one follower commented underneath. Another said: "Lovely tribute to your wife, it doesn't get easier you just learn to live with the pain, sending hugs." While Colm's radio co-host and best pal Lucy Kennedy wrote: "I'm so proud of you Haysey".
