Tributes paid following death of veteran journalist Stephen Grimason

Stephen Grimason (right) with former UTV political editor Ken Reid at Queen’s University in Belfast in January this year. Picture: Press Eye/PA

Tributes have been paid to veteran Northern Ireland journalist Stephen Grimason following his death at the age of 67 after an illness.

The former BBC Northern Ireland political editor etched his face into history as he broke the news in April 1998 of the historic Good Friday Agreement.