Former taoiseach Garret FitzGerald has died at the age of 85.
Dr FitzGerald, who had been ill in hospital, was an outstanding minister for foreign affairs who left his stamp on an evolving Europe; a courageous and visionary taoiseach, especially concerning Northern Ireland; and the most intellectual politician in the Ireland of his generation.
He was pre-deceased by his wife, Joan, and is survived by his sons, John and Mark, and his daughter, Mary.
Tributes to Dr FitzGerald can be posted here . . .