Dublin prepares for Seamus Heaney's removal

Ireland is preparing to say goodbye to one of its greatest ever writers this weekend, Seamus Heaney.

The removal of Seamus Heaney is due to take place in Dublin tomorrow evening.

The remains of the former Nobel laureate poet will be taken to the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook in Dublin at 6.45pm, before his funeral mass at 11.30am on Monday morning.

The 74-year-old, who passed away yesterday after a short illness, will be buried in Derry.

Books of condolences will be open at Belfast City Hall, Derry's Guildhall and Dublin's Mansion House from Monday to Wednesday, between 10am and 5pm.