Trade unionist and former Labour peer dies aged 84

Trade unionist and former Labour peer dies aged 84

Former Labour peer and trade unionist Baroness Blood has died, aged 84.

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The Belfast woman was the president of the Labour Party in Northern Ireland and was previously involved with the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition.

She began work at 14 in the Blackstaff Linen Mill in west Belfast.

After the closure of the mill, she ran a training project for long-term unemployed men in the Shankill Road area and from 1993 to 1999 worked for the Greater Shankill Partnership.

In 1999 she became the first woman in Northern Ireland to be given a life peerage, taking the title Baroness Blood of Blackwatertown.

Politicians have paid tribute to her for her activism for working class communities.

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said she was a "fearless and tireless campaigner" who focused on making people's lives better.

Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill said Baroness Blood was a "committed community and trade union activist" who always stood up for workers and families.

"She never gave up on campaigning for equality and to secure fair pay and conditions for people in the workplace", she said.

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood described her as a "tireless community activist and advocate for workers to her core".