Tributes for social justice campaigner Eileen Evason after she loses cancer battle

​Prof Evason CBE was a key contributor to BBC Radio Ulster’s On Your Behalf programme for many years.

The show’s presenter Linda McAuley has described the Emeritus Professor in social administration as a “huge personality”.

Ms McAuley told the BBC: "Her wealth of knowledge was unbelievable.

"What I always thought came across more was her warmth and her caring about people, because she cared about people who couldn't manage to find out these things themselves."

A funeraltimes.com death notice said Prof Evason, 75, died “peacefully at home after a courageous battle with cancer,” on January 19.

“A life well lived, a good fight well fought,” the notice concluded.

Prof Evason was made a CBE in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to disadvantaged people in Northern Ireland.

She was born in Birmingham in 1947 and came to Northern Ireland in 1969.

Prof Evason went on to author several publications relating to poverty, social security and gender issues.

Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International said: “Sorry to hear of the death of Prof Eileen Evason, a tireless champion for social justice over five decades.”

The Advice Space Twitter account posed: “So sorry to hear that Prof Eileen Evason has died. She was a great friend to Citizens Advice Belfast and to consumers everywhere.”