Tributes paid to ‘beautiful, kind and unassuming’ Emma McManus Reporter: [email protected] There is sadness in Limerick at the passing of Emma McManus, nee Ledbetter | PICTURE: STEPHEN MCCARTHY/SPORTSFILE '); '); LOVING tributes have been paid to Emma McManus (nee Ledbetter), the daughter-in-law of JP McManus, after she died suddenly in Barbados. Mum-of-three Emma, who was just 40, passed away on Thursday after taking ill. It is understood she was brought to a local medical centre where she sadly passed away. A post-mortem is to be carried out to establish the cause of death, but foul play has been ruled out.