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Taoiseach Micheal Martin said he was "saddened" to hear of Fisk's death. He was a " fearless & independent in his reporting, with a deeply researched understanding of the complexities of Middle Eastern history and politics. He helped many people understand those complexities better," Mr Martin tweeted.

Fine Gael TD and former minister for justice Charlie Flanagan said he was "saddened" to hear the news.

"Didn't always agree with his views but I admired his courage among many great qualities May he rest in everlasting peace," he tweeted.

Vice Admiral Mark Mellett, chief of staff at the Irish Defence Forces, described Fisk as a friend to Ireland and all in the Defence Forces.

Veteran journalist Patrick Cockburn paid tribute to his long time friend, describing Fisk as his best friend and a wonderful person.

Fisk's efforts to find out the truth and to report on what mattered had made him very special, Cockburn told RTÉ radio's Morning Ireland. In a world of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson it was important to have people like Robert Fisk, he said.

The two men met in Belfast in the early 1970s when Fisk was a reporter for the Times and Cockburn was completing his Phd in Queen's University. The two spoke at least once a week and remained in "constant touch".

Broadcaster Pat Kenny paid tribute to Fisk on his Newstalk programme. "On Friday I lost a friend, this programme lost a friend, our listeners lost an independent voice on world affairs and someone who could interpret for us the fractious divisions - both ancient and modern - of the Middle East.

"In the canon of contemporary journalism, Robert Fisk was a giant," he said.

"He had his distractors, but none among them would impugn his integrity.

"He put himself in harm's way so many times in the course of a career which took him from Belfast to Beirut, from Afghanistan to Iran. In spite of his analytical criticism of successive Israeli governments, he had many Israeli admirers.

"Others might have gone for a quite life, but not Robert: in an era of facile headlines, he was the opposite."He was the essence of rigour - his news-gathering and fact-checking were object lessons for those who would ever dream of filling his shoes.

"He found a happy working home in Beirut, a cross-roads in the Middle East, which allowed him to get to trouble spots quickly.

"But the place where he found healing from the vicissitudes of journalism on the front line was in Dalkey, where he's had a home for many, many years.

"He said that he'd found his own personal paradise here".

The BBC's John Simpson said he was "very sad to hear" of Fisk's untimely death. "He'll be greatly missed," he said.

In a tweet, Uzair Hasan Rizvi, journalist with AFP news agency, described Fisk as "one of the best foreign correspondents with an in-depth knowledge of Middle East".

The official Twitter page of Trinity College Dublin, where Fisk had studied, also expressed sadness at the death of the "renowned journalist and author".

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Carl Girouard, 24, was also charged with five counts of attempted murder.

Police said an initial probe found that Mr Girouard, who wore medieval clothes during the attack, was not affiliated with any extremist groups.

The two victims were named as François Duchesne, 56, and Suzanne Clermont, 61. Five people were injured.

The attack took place in the historic Old Quebec neighbourhood of the French-speaking capital of the Quebec province.

Police chief Robert Pigeon said the attack was thought to have been premeditated, adding that the suspect, from the Montreal suburbs, came to the city with "the intention of doing the most damage possible".

"Dressed in medieval costume and armed with a Japanese sword, everything leads us to believe he chose his victims at random," Mr Pigeon said.

Police offered only a handful of details about the late-night attack that played out in the cobblestone streets of Old Quebec, a popular tourist destination packed with historic buildings and landmarks.

Quebec City police chief Robert Pigeon said the suspect had been dressed in "medieval" garb and swung a katana-like sword at randomly chosen victims in an attack that stretched into the early hours of Sunday morning.

The suspect was arrested near the Espace 400e business park.

Quebec's Le Soleil newspaper reported he was lying on the ground, barefoot and hypothermic, when he was arrested. He surrendered to police without any resistance, it said.

Residents of Quebec's picturesque capital grappled with grief and shock on Sunday as they mourned the deaths of a beloved neighbourhood hairdresser and a well-respected museum employee slain in what police describe as a deliberate sword attack targeting random strangers.

Impromptu vigils and makeshift memorials sprang up near the stretch of Old Quebec City where police allege a young man went on a 2.5-hour rampage wielding a long, curved sword. Hairdresser Suzanne Clermont, 61, and 56-year-old museum employee Francois Duchesne died in the Halloween-night attack that also left five others injured.

Condolences poured in from across Canada for the victims and their families, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying in a tweet that his "heart breaks" for them.

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