Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100
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Former US president Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100.
Mr Carter, a former peanut farmer, served one term in the White House between 1977 and 1981, taking over in the wake of the Watergate scandal and the end of the Vietnam War.
After his defeat by Ronald Reagan, he spent his post-presidency years as a global humanitarian, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
His death on Sunday was announced by his family and came more than a year after he decided to enter hospice care. He was the longest-lived US president.
His son, Chip Carter, said: “My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights and unselfish love.
“My brothers, sister and I shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs.
“The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you for honouring his memory by continuing to live these shared beliefs.”
President of Ireland Michael D Higgins paid tribute to the former US president.
"President Carter will be remembered as a principled man who dedicated his life to seeking to advance the cause of peace across the world," he said in a statement on Sunday night.
"His exceptional contribution was in his quest to understand the obstacles to peace."
Mr Higgins added that Mr Carter's service as president of the United States was during a "significant and challenging period of American history."
"On behalf of the people of Ireland, may I express my sympathies to President Carter’s children and extended family, to President Joe Biden, to the people of the United States, and to his wide circle of colleagues and friends across the globe," the president added.
Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin also paid tribute to the former US president.
"President Carter truly lived a life less ordinary, with a deep commitment to peace in the Middle East, human and civil rights, housing, and ending the arms race between the US and the Soviet Union," he said.
"The personification of public service, his work extended to our own island, as he took the first decisive steps to proactive and transformational US engagement on Northern Ireland. This commitment to peace in Ireland endures today.
"A humanitarian to the end, my condolences go to President Carter’s family, friends and the American people," Mr Martin added.