John Bruton is being mourned by Ireland's leading politicians in the wake of his death today, February 6. Bruton served as Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997 and Ambassador of the European Union to the United States from 2004 to 2009.
John Bruton died at 76. As Irish Prime Minister, he was crucial to Northern Ireland's 1998 peace deal. He later served as the European Union's ambassador to the USA.