Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon led the tributes to David Hill, who died suddenly while playing a parliamentary rugby game in Donnybrook on Saturday.
Political and sporting figures in Scotland and Ireland expressed their condolences to the family and friends of “one of the nicest men.”
Hill, who was the head of office for Conservative MSP Jamie Greene, died suddenly during the annual meeting between the Dáil and Seanad side and a Scottish Assembly XV.
