Tributes are being paid to a humanitarian from County Clare who passed away last weekend.

Mike McDonagh, late of Miltown Malbay and formerly of Ennis, died last Saturday.

Mike was a former United Nations official who also worked for Concern for more than 20 years, including serving as country director in Laos, Somalia, Angola, Rwanda, North Korea, and Zimbabwe, amongst numerous locations.

Mike is survived by his wife Sarah McNiece, daughters Saoirse and Molly, and extended family and friends.

His funeral mass will take place in St Joseph’s Church, Miltown Malbay on Friday (from 5pm – 7pm).

To Discuss this further, Peter O'Connell was joined by David McMahon of the United Nations and Paul Heslop, who knew Mike in Angola (1994), they shared a house together in Khartoum (2004-2006) and also from Libya and Oman CONF