FORMER SDLP leader John Hume and his wife Pat have praised the courage of their “dear friend” Ivan Cooper whose qualities were the "embodiment" of the civil rights campaign.

ACTOR James Nesbitt, who played Ivan Cooper in the 2002 film Bloody Sunday, has paid tribute to the civil rights campaignr's “startling courage and conviction”.

Tributes have been paid to civil rights leader Ivan Cooper who has died aged 75.

IVAN Cooper, one of the founding members of the civil rights movement, has died.

“A man of strong principles, courage and integrity.

The funeral has taken place of a Co Tyrone man who took part in a protest believed to have given birth to the civil rights movement more than 50 years ago. Patsy Gildernew wrote himself into Irish history when he...

A FORMER adviser to ex-First Minister David Trimble has claimed discrimination against Catholics by Stormont before the civil rights movement has been "hugely exaggerated".

WE’VE just come out of a weekend that marked probably one of the most important moments in Northern Ireland’s history, the birth of the civil rights movement.

In a poignant presentation, Irish president, Michael D Higgins paid an emotional tribute to former civil rights leader, Ivan Cooper.