The funeral for veteran RTÉ journalist Tommie Gorman is to be held in Co Sligo on Saturday.
The married father of two died at the age of 68 after being diagnosed with cancer in 1994.
Gorman, a Sligo native, worked at RTÉ for more than 40 years.
He was RTÉ’s Europe editor before moving to Belfast in 2001 and was its northern editor when he retired in 2021.
Taoiseach Simon Harris said people were “in a state of shock” after the news of Gorman’s death emerged on Tuesday.
I am profoundly shocked and saddened at the death of Tommie Gorman.
Tommie was a journalist of enormous standing who carried out his job and duty to report fairly and accurately with the utmost professionalism. https://t.co/bApj338ELU
— Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) June 25, 2024
President Michael D Higgins said that Gorman was “a trusted source of information for the public during challenging years, the fostering of peace, and all that was achieved in Anglo-Irish relations” in that time.
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