Updated: 10:57, Friday, 19 December 2008
Former Cabinet minister Conor Cruise O'Brien died at the age of 91. Look back at his career in this gallery from the RTÉ Stills Library
Brian Farrell interviews Conor Cruise O'Brien on the RTÉ programme '7 Days'
Conor Cruise O'Brien on set of '7 Days' in 1973
Conor Cruise O'Brien seen here in 1987
Conor Cruise O'Brien addressing the Labour Party's annual conference at the Seapoint Ballroom in Salthill, Co Galway in February 1971
Conor Cruise O'Brien at an RTÉ reception in February 1987 with then Assistant RTÉ Director-General John Sorohan