The President of the Court of Appeal, the Attorney General and leading members of the legal profession have paid tribute to Mr Justice Brian McGovern on his retirement from the bench.

Recent months have seen the passing of Gay Byrne, Marian Finucane and Larry Gogan. Keelin Shanley is due to be buried tomorrow after she passed away at the weekend.

Mariella Frostrup tells Richard Purden about her book on female travellers, her days in the music business and childhood memories of her time in Ireland

His funeral Mass will take place in Templeogue in Dublin at 11am this morning, followed by private burial.

That broadcaster Larry Gogan’s death was announced on the day his RTÉ colleague Marian Finucane was buried, and two months after his peer Gay Byrne died, invites inevitable if misplaced comparisons.

Michael Clifford looks back at the year that was.

Noel Cunningham is the general manager of Harvey’s Point Hotel in Co Donegal.

Brian O’Donnell, a publican, proprietor, and raconteur who died early yesterday after a long life and a short illness.

Electric Picnic, Brexit, Gay Byrne and Munster Rugby were just some of the most talked about moments on Facebook in Ireland this year.

Fr Brian D’Arcy was born nearEnniskillen, Co Fermanagh in 1945.

The Rugby World Cup, Gay Byrne, boomers, Rebekah Vardy, and the backstop were among the nation’s defining Google searches this year.

Historian and broadcaster John Bowman is to be made an Honorary Corkman while businessman and philanthropist Tom Cavanagh will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at next month's Cork Person of the Year awards.

Ryan Tubridy may be playing Olaf in a Frozen-themed Late Late Toy Show, but unlike the goofy snowman, he won’t be losing his head.

Although next Friday's theme remains a closely-guarded secret.

The light from a strong winter sun shone down on the funeral cortege as it arrived at the church.

Declan Hassett, former arts editor of the ‘Irish Examiner’, marks the passing of a ‘true great’, Niall Tóibín

I’d always promised myself a day off school when Gay Bryne died.

"Lyric already has close ties with practitioners in UL as part of the huge cultural contribution the station makes to Limerick and the Mid-West.”

In the face of dark, mysterious forces... public service broadcasting is one of our key defences, writes Fergus Finlay

The Late Late Show said a final goodbye to Gay Byrne on Friday's show.

The popular broadcaster passed away last Monday at the age of 85.

The station’s director general Dee Forbes told RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland that it was “regrettable” to be in this position, but that her priority was to maintain public service broadcasting in Ireland.

Specialist services are needed for children and teenagers with autism. It should encompass other conditions that come with it, writes Victoria White

Broadcaster Gay Byrne will be laid to rest tomorrow with RTÉ airing live coverage of the funeral.

To whom it may concern, rest in peace Gay.

The extent to which broadcaster Gay Byrne was a passenger in, or a driver of, the Ireland that emerged in the final third of the 20th century will be long debated. That the question will never be satisfactorily answered speaks of the man’s ambiguity, suggests Gerard Howlin.

"And here is your host, Gay Byrne."

Tayto has deleted a social media post that paid tribute to the late Gay Byrne after a backlash online.

The legendary broadcaster passed away at the age of 85 following a long illness.

"He affectionately nicknamed Gaybo 'Holy God' and we've no doubt Brendan is part of the welcome committee, extending the warmest of homecomings to Gay, beyond the veil."

He interviewed lesbian nuns, discussed condoms and abortion, and held singer Sinéad O’Connor’s hand as she appeared on the show dressed in clerical garb as Mother Bernadette Mary.