Obituaries
He campaigned for homeless people and at-risk children, and later became preoccupied with the provision of residential childcare in Ireland
He made much of his undoubted wealth – he was reputed to be worth up to €100 million at the time of his death – from property
She enjoyed early success with The L-Shaped Room but her most popular work was the children’s book The Indian in the Cupboard
Renowned for his work with migrants in Australia, he once said if there were an eighth deadly sin, it would be saying ‘not in my patch’
Together with her husband, Alan Hobart, she brought perspicacity, thorough research and a sharp eye to her collecting