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Irish premier Micheal Martin said the Pope held a ‘special place in the hearts of Irish people’.

MPs from across the political spectrum also paid tribute to Francis, with several noting his compassion for the poor and refugees.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols said: ‘A voice proclaiming the innate dignity of every human being … is now silent.’

Francis said ‘who am I to judge?’ when asked about gay priests in 2013.

Charles and Camilla paid tribute to Pope Francis for his compassion and tireless commitment to the common causes of all people of faith.

Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin said that Pope Francis would regularly ask about the peace process.

Camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell said in a statement that the Pope died at 7.35 on Monday morning.

Pope Francis appointed more women to leadership roles than any previous pontiff.

Professor Anna Rowlands spent two years seconded to the Vatican during Francis’s papacy.

Despite being called a ‘phenomenal’ advocate for migrants, Pope Francis’ statement in Dublin on clerical abuse was labelled ‘disappointing’.

Edward Berger’s film imagined the tension, bureaucracy, twists and turns of the papal conclave.

Francis was the first pope from the Americas, and the first non-European for more than 1,200 years.

Birmingham was the worst hit council, losing almost 27,000 workers, the GMB figures suggest.

A report by the World Travel and Tourism Council found people visiting the UK spent £40.3 billion in 2024.

The US president has suggested Buckingham Palace is ‘setting a date for September’ for him to visit the UK.

Here, the PA news agency answers 10 key questions about parking tickets.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander described the issue as ‘a problem that needs to be tackled’.

The piece took the number one slot in the annual Classic FM Hall Of Fame ballot, with 90,000 votes cast by the public.

The demand has been made ahead of a meeting between the Prison Officers’ Association and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

The so-called energy-saving devices have been the subject of multiple Government recalls, while Which? testing found no evidence that they worked.