A memorial service is being held in Belfast today for the former Northern Ireland First Minister and founder of the Democratic Unionist Party, Dr Ian Paisley.
Dr Paisley's family held a private funeral following his death last month aged 88.
Up to 800 people are due to attend today's service, which is taking place at the Ulster Hall.
Mr Paisley's widow, Baroness Eileen Paisley is among the speakers.
Northern Ireland's First and Deputy First Ministers, Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness and the leaders of the main parties at Stormont, as well as the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers are among those invited to the service.
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is also attending, along with his Fianna Fáil colleagues Mary Hanafin and Éamon Ó Cuív, a grandson of Eamon De Valera.
The service is being broadcast live on RTÉ News Now.
He was born in Ballymena in Co Antrim in 1926, he co-founded Northern Ireland's first Free Presbyterian Church in 1951.
In November 1968, he and Ronald Bunting led a Loyalist counter-demonstration against a civil rights march in Armagh, for which they were jailed.
The clergyman became an MP for North Antrim in 1970 and founded the Democratic Unionist Party in the same year.
He opposed a number of political agreements relating to Northern Ireland including the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
Mr Paisley was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, but refused to enter power-sharing.
He later reversed his position and was First Minister from 2007 to 2008. He continued to serve as an MP until 2010.
Ian Paisley - An Obituary
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