President Michael D Higgins will attend the funeral of one of Ireland's most influential civil servants this morning.
The funeral mass of T.K. Whitaker will take place in the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook at 11.30.
Named Irish man of the 20th Century in 2001 T.K. Whitaker has widely been hailed as the country's most influential civil servant.
Whitaker was born in Rostrevor, County Down, in 1916, shortly after the Easter Rising.
He was a driving force behind Ireland's first programme for economic expansion during his time as Secretary of the Department of Finance.
He was Govenor of the Central Bank during a time of economic unstability in the 1970s.
In a statement after his death President Michael D Higgins said his work stands as the embodiment of the finest qualities and aspirations of the Irish people.
He also said the Good Friday Agreement would be unimaginable without Whitaker.
Hundreds of people attended his removal yesterday evening and similar numbers are expected for his funeral in the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook.
T.K. Whitaker will be buried afterwards in Shanganagh cemetery.
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