Renowned Dublin man Colm Rapple died peacefully at the Bon Secours hospital in Dublin after a short illness.
Mr. Rapple worked as a financial journalist with Independent Newspapers and the Irish Press Group in the 1980s and early 1990s.
He is survived by his wife Nuala and his children Simone and Rory.
The funeral will take place next Tuesday, February 3, after an 11:30 mass at St Kevin’s Church in Harrington Street, Dublin.