• Politician who took a stand against violence and injustice

  John Fee:  John Fee, who has died aged 43, was a former SDLP Assemblyman and member of Newry and Mourne Council and former Westminster assistant to Seamus Mallon. He died after a short illness at his home in Crossmaglen in south Armagh. p
  

• Top GAA player who served as doctor and politician

  Hugh Gibbons: Dr Hugh Gibbons, who has died aged 91 years, might well have secured ministerial office if he had not been sharing a constituency with a serving Fianna Fáil minister. p
  

• Gifted BBC producer of Irish-language programmes

  Kieran Hegarty: Kieran Hegarty, who has died at the age of 51, was BBC Northern Ireland's first Irish-language producer and an award-winning programme maker. He had a passionate commitment to radio and television programmes, as well as new interactive developments in broadcasting, and had worked on several groundbreaking series. p
  

• Writer whose books made easy transition to the screen

  Ira Levin:  There can be no better way to mourn the passing of the novelist and playwright Ira Levin, at the age of 78, than late in the evening to pour a glass of bourbon, start reading his first novel, A Kiss Before Dying - and wonder what that knocking in the pipes might really be. At his best, Levin plumbed the depths. p
  

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