A memorial service is to be held on 16 September at St Bride's Church for Alan Ruddock, whose death at the age of 49 I reported in May.
Addresses will be given by Ian Birrell, former deputy editor of The Independent and Richard Beeston, foreign editor of The Times.
There will also be a reading by Sunday Times editor John Witherow. Ruddock started work at the paper in 1992 and two years later oversaw the launch of its popular Irish edition.
He had brief spells with Express Newspapers and the Mirror Group before being appointed in 1998 as editor of The Scotsman.
After departing from Edinburgh in 2000, he spent the following 10 years as an economic and political commentator for Ireland's Sunday Independent. He also wrote a well-received book about the Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary: A life in full flight.
Ruddock's wife, Jackie, will attend the service, which starts at 11.30am.
