Obituaries
Patrick MacEntee obituary: Leading criminal advocate of his generation
No one else represented as many clients in high-profile, difficult and often-unpopular cases in the bright glare of publicity
Tom Hyland obituary: East Timor peace campaigner
Hyland set up the East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign the day after he watched a documentary on Channel 4 of the 1991 Santa Cruz cemetery massacre
Rosita Missoni obituary: Designer who helped make Milan a capital of Italian high fashion
The brand famous for its zigzag stripes has dressed stars such as Cate Blanchett and Beyoncé
Ted Howell obituary: Republican figure whose influence was far greater than his profile
Gerry Adams jokingly referred to him as ‘teddy bear’ but Howell was an authoritative presence whose word carried serious weight in the highest echelons of republicanism
Paddy Hill obituary: One of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted of IRA bombings
Hill was haunted by the experience and dedicated the rest of his life to campaigning against miscarriages of justice
Jean-Marie Le Pen obituary: French far-right politician rode waves of discontent and xenophobia
Founding father of France’s modern political far right was challenged by historians, denounced across the political spectrum, and convicted repeatedly of inciting racial hatred or distorting historical record