The journalist, author and environmental campaigner, Frank McDonald, has died after a brief illness. He was 76.
Mr McDonald was the Environment Editor of The Irish Times until 2015, where he had a particular focus on climate action, architecture, urban design and the planning process.
His highly regarded book, The Destruction of Dublin, which was published in 1985, detailed how historic Georgian parts of the capital were torn down, rather than being protected, by developers and planners in the 1960s and 1970s.
Other books included Saving the City, The Construction of Dublin, Chaos at the Crossroads with James Nix, The Builders with Kathy Sheridan, and A Little History of the Future of Dublin.
His career in journalism began with The Irish Press, before joining The Irish Times in 1979 and being promoted to Environment Correspondent in 1986.
Mr McDonald continued to be an environmental campaigner in retirement, including being highly critical of the impact of Airbnb in towns and cities.
In his 2018 memoir, Truly Frank, he also wrote about growing-up as a gay man in Dublin in the 1960s.
Frank McDonald is survived by his husband, Eamon Slater, whom he married in 2016.