Bishop Edward Daly death: He was a beacon of hope during Troubles

Retired bishop of Derry Edward Daly was a peacemaker during some of the darkest days of Northern Ireland’s Troubles.

He bore witness to the horror and deaths of the innocent, most famously waving a blood-stained white handkerchief on Bloody Sunday in Derry.

He remained a humane man who was equally vehement in his opposition to the bombings and shootings of the IRA or state injustices.