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A handwritten tribute to late Progressive Unionist Party leader David Ervine penned by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney is to be auctioned. | A handwritten tribute to late Progressive Unionist Party leader David Ervine penned by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney is to be auctioned. |
The David Ervine Memorial Talk and auction will be held at the Belfast Welcome Centre in the city centre on Tuesday night. | |
Money raised will go to the David Ervine Foundation, set up after his death just over two years ago. | Money raised will go to the David Ervine Foundation, set up after his death just over two years ago. |
His wife, Jeanette, said Mr Heaney's words were very moving. | His wife, Jeanette, said Mr Heaney's words were very moving. |
"It's a great honour that Seamus Heaney penned these words in tribute to David," she said. | "It's a great honour that Seamus Heaney penned these words in tribute to David," she said. |
"I think it is wonderful that people still remember David in this way." | "I think it is wonderful that people still remember David in this way." |
The event is being held as part of a special event put together by the David Ervine Foundation for the Cathedral Arts Quarter Festival. | The event is being held as part of a special event put together by the David Ervine Foundation for the Cathedral Arts Quarter Festival. |
The tribute, which is signed by the County Londonderry poet, reads: "Education, according to the poet Robert Frost, changes the plane of regard - and David Ervine would have agreed. | The tribute, which is signed by the County Londonderry poet, reads: "Education, according to the poet Robert Frost, changes the plane of regard - and David Ervine would have agreed. |
"He was an exemplary man of our place and our peace, somebody who believed that where there was a right word there was a right way, and acted accordingly." | "He was an exemplary man of our place and our peace, somebody who believed that where there was a right word there was a right way, and acted accordingly." |
POLITICAL WILL LIVES ON Between the two bases 38 boys and girls, aged between 14 and 16, who have fallen through the gaps of mainstream education are being tutored class="" href="/1/hi/northern_ireland/8033664.stm">Legacy transcends city politics | |
Besides the auction a special memorial talk - Ending Conflict Through Dialogue - will be staged featuring a guest speaker who has yet to be named. | Besides the auction a special memorial talk - Ending Conflict Through Dialogue - will be staged featuring a guest speaker who has yet to be named. |
A series of grants totalling £36,000 will also be distributed to a number of community-based projects at Tuesday night's event. | A series of grants totalling £36,000 will also be distributed to a number of community-based projects at Tuesday night's event. |
The David Ervine Foundation was established after his death from a heart attack and stroke in January 2007. | The David Ervine Foundation was established after his death from a heart attack and stroke in January 2007. |
It helps disadvantaged children from Northern Ireland's two main communities. | It helps disadvantaged children from Northern Ireland's two main communities. |
Mr Ervine, 53, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after he was found guilty of possession of explosives. | Mr Ervine, 53, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after he was found guilty of possession of explosives. |
After his release in 1980 he joined the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) in his native east Belfast and in 1998 became an assembly member as its leader. | After his release in 1980 he joined the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) in his native east Belfast and in 1998 became an assembly member as its leader. |