A former Cavan-Monaghan TD will be laid to rest today.
Dr Rory O'Hanlon was born in Dublin in 1934 and grew up in Mullaghbawn, Co. Armagh, before graduating in medicine from UCD in 1959.
In 1965, the Local Appointments Commission sent him to work as a GP in Carrickmacross, where he worked for the County Council.
He served on the North Eastern Health Board from 1971 to 1987, Monaghan County Council from 1979 to 1987, and was also Chair of the Fianna Fáil's Monaghan County Executive.
Dr Rory O'Hanlon served as the Minister for Health from 1987 to 199, having first being elected to the Dáil in 1977.
Tributes have been pouring in since the death of the 92 year old was announced on Tuesday evening.
Rory's funeral cortège will leave his home proceeding on foot to St. Joseph's Church, Carrickmacross arriving at 11.50am for Funeral Mass at 12noon, followed by burial in St.Mary's Cemetery, Mullaghbane, Co Armagh.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he was a man of the people and he was someone who listened.
