The original First Minister of Northern Lord Trimble and the Ireland and co-architect of the Good Friday Agreement, has died, aged 77.
A family statement said: "It is with great sadness that the family of Lord Trimble announce that he passed away peacefully earlier today following a short illness."
His tough stance on disputed Orange Order parades in the 1990s won him the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party.
David Trimble was the unionist who dared to compromise and led his party to the negotiating table at Stormont.
Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister), said: "I think history will remember him as a politician who, in a really difficult time, when we were trying to end 30 years of violence, in spite of everything, stood up and put his name to that agreement.
"That allowed us to bring peace to Northern Ireland and allowed us to progress."
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