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Social policy theorist with sense of civic responsibility
Eithne McLaughlin: The social policy theorist and
Queen's University professor Eithne McLaughlin, who has died aged
47 after a long illness, had a sense of civic responsibility to
match her scholarly achievements. p
Famous Soviet cellist combined music with advocacy of freedom
Mstislav Rostropovich: Mstislav Rostropovich, who has died of cancer at the age of 80, was not only the best-known, most-loved and most widely recorded cellist of his time, but also a fearlessly outspoken advocate of individual and artistic freedom in the Soviet Union of the 1970s. p
Tireless footballer who starred for England in 1966
Alan Ball: At 5ft 6in and never weighing above 11st, Alan Ball had the stature of a jockey rather than a footballer. He was rejected on that basis as a teenager by Bolton Wanderers and Wolverhampton Wanderers before Blackpool, then a thriving club, made a shrewder decision - they signed him and profited accordingly. p
A PD senator whose calm counsel made her unique
Kate Walsh: Kate Walsh, a Progressive Democrats senator and community worker from Kildare has died aged 59. On Wednesday Seanad Éireann united in paying tribute to her. Earlier, the flag over Leinster House had come to half mast to formally mark the passing of a sitting member. p
