Tributes paid to "ceaseless peacemaker", Bishop Edward Daly

1.30pm: Northern Ireland Assembly member Eamonn McCann, who was at the Bloody Sunday march and chair of the Bloody Sunday Trust, has remembered the Bishop as a respected man with the common touch as he happily allowed members of his flock to call him by his name of Eddie Daly.
Tributes paid to "ceaseless peacemaker", Bishop Edward Daly

He said: "In a quiet sort of way he had a real influence on the course of events here, the way the IRA campaign ended and the perception people had of the British Army.

"I think that in terms of the immediate impact of Bloody Sunday, especially in the early stages where there was a lot of spin about what had happened, Eddie Daly was adamant and clearly insistent about what had happened. It had a significant effect.

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