• Former taxing master and devotee of art and music

  Terry de Valera , who has died aged 85, was appointed Taxing Master of the Supreme and High Courts in 1969, and later that year became Senior Master; he retired in 1992. He was also a painter and musician, and he had an interest in the occult. p
  

• Examiner who fell foul of Des O'Malley

  Austin Kennan , who has died aged 89, was a former examiner of restrictive practices. He was controversially dropped from the post in 1979 after his relationship with the then minister for industry and commerce, Desmond O'Malley, became strained. p
  

• Maverick, enigmatic Northern Ireland centre forward

  Derek Dougan who has died aged 69, played for Northern Ireland in the finals of the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. He was not Northern Ireland's first choice, but Billy Simpson, the Glasgow Rangers centre forward, had pulled a muscle after just five minutes' training in Sweden, leaving Dougan to lead the attack in the first game against the Czechs, which Northern Ireland won 1-0. p
  

• Distinguished practitioner of occupational medicine

  Dr Donal McSorley , who has died aged 58, was born to Dr Joe and Eithne McSorley. He attended secondary school at St Mary's College in Rathmines, Dublin before studying medicine in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He would later serve as president of the association of graduates of the college. p
  

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