A state funeral will be accorded to the former Taoiseach Mr Jack Lynch, whose body will be flown by the Air Corps from Dublin to Cork tomorrow.
As part of the funeral arrangements, an opportunity will be provided for members of the public to visit churches in Dublin and Cork tonight and tomorrow night to pay their respects and sign books of condolence.
Mr Lynch's body will be removed from the Royal Hospital, Donnybrook, at 6.50 p.m. this evening to St Paul of the Cross (Mount Argus) church, Harolds Cross, arriving at 7 p.m. The removal will be private but the church will be open until 11 p.m. Tomorrow there will be an interdenominational memorial service at Mount Argus church at 11.30 a.m. Removal will then take place to Cork by air, leaving Baldonnel at 5.15 p.m. and arriving at Cork airport at 6 p.m.
The funeral procession will leave Cork airport at 6.15 p.m. to arrive at the cathedral of St Mary and St Anne (North cathedral) at 7 p.m. The cathedral will remain open until midnight. Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated in the cathedral of St Mary and St Anne, Cork, at noon on Saturday and burial will take place in St Finbarr's Cemetery.
Books of condolence will be opened at Government Buildings, and at Cork City Hall until 8 p.m. today and tomorrow. The Minister for Education, Mr Martin, said: "Jack Lynch was a people's Taoiseach and will be very fondly remembered in Cork."
A former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Peter Barry, said Mr Lynch was an outstanding Irishman and an outstanding Corkman who had made a major contribution to the State.
Fine Gael TD Mr Liam Burke said Mr Lynch was a titan in Irish politics who had left an indelible mark. Mr Noel O'Flynn, representing Jack Lynch's former constituency, said he had been loved and revered by all