Tributes have been paid to Robert (Bob) Mulligan, the former Mayor of Dungannon, who has passed away.
The long-serving Ulster Unionist councillor died peacefully at his home on Glenhoy Road in Augher on Thursday following a period of illness.
A public representative of 26 years experience, Mr Mulligan served on Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council from 1993, holding the office of Mayor and other senior positions on a number of occasions, until its reformation in 2014.
He then served on Mid Ulster District Council until 2019.
He was also a great community activist, being an elder in Glenhoy Presbyterian Church, a member of the Loyal Orders and an activist within, and for the farming and rural community.