Tributes have been paid to the south-Belfast journalist and writer, Henry McDonald, who has died aged 57.
Henry McDonald, pictured here on an episode of The View in 2022, was a regular contributor to political programmes
He worked across various media outlets including The News Letter, where he was political editor and The Guardian, where he was Ireland correspondent.The journalist wrote a number of books about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. as well as a biography of the late UUP leader David Trimble. Cliftonville FC, the club which he was a life-long fan of, tweeted that he had been a "regular face at Solitude across many decades".
The club said that he did not let his "recent battle with illness keep him away from supporting his beloved Reds".The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he was "an excellent journalist and one of the most knowledgeable commentators on Northern Ireland politics". Cliftonville Football Club is deeply saddened to learn of the death of respected journalist, author and long-time Reds supporter Henry McDonald.
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