Novelist and short story writer William Trevor passes away

Tributes have been paid to the late novelist William Trevor, who has passed away at the age of 88.

The multi-awardwinning writer was born in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, and was named a saoi in Aosdána by President Michael D Higgins just last year, marking a hugely successful career which saw him shortlisted for the Booker Prize on four occasions.

Born William Trevor Cox, he had lived much of his life in England, but the town of his birth paid its own tribute to him when, they invited him to attend the unveiling of a sculpture in his honour in 2004.