Tributes paid in Dáil to ‘influential’ and courageous politician Austin Currie

Austin Currie, former MP, TD and Irish minister (Brian Lawless/PA)

Ireland’s leader, deputy leader and opposition party leaders have paid tribute in Parliament to the late Austin Currie – civil rights leader, SDLP co-founder and Ireland’s first minister for children.

During the tributes given in the Dáil on Tuesday, Mr Currie was commended for his “patriotism, his courage, and his contribution” to Ireland as “an influential Irish public figure”.