President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to trade union activist Sam Nolan who died on April 14.
Mr Nolan had, until recently, held the position of Secretary of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions.
Throughout his career he also worked for organisations including the Dublin Regional Council of the Labour Party, the Dublin Housing Action Committee, the Union of Construction Trades and Technicians, the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the Finglas Cabra Partnership.
"With the passing of Sam Nolan, the trade union movement, the Labour movement and the entire left has lost an outstanding figure who played an important role in so many of the key campaigns of the last 70 years," President Higgins said.
"Sam Nolan combined his activism with a substantial knowledge of, and interest in, the history of the workers' struggle and the forces with which it had to contend," he added.
President Higgins said Mr Nolan was to the forefront of struggles such as highlighting the consequences of the unemployment of the 1950s, winning the 40 hour week in the 1960s, fighting for trade union recognition, the anti-apartheid campaign, and campaigning for human and democratic rights for women and men across the world.
A celebration of Mr Nolan's life and work will take place in Glasnevin Crematorium Chapel on Saturday.
