Editing Garret FitzGerald (section)

== Illness and death ==
On 5 May 2011, it was reported that FitzGerald was seriously ill in a [[Dublin]] hospital.<ref>{{cite news |last=McDonald |first=Henry |title=Garret FitzGerald, former Irish prime minister, seriously ill in hospital |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/05/garret-fitzgerald-seriously-ill-hospital |access-date=7 May 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=5 May 2011 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731221148/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/05/garret-fitzgerald-seriously-ill-hospital |url-status=live}}</ref> Newly elected Fine Gael Taoiseach [[Enda Kenny]] sent his regards and called him an "institution";<ref>{{cite news |title=Taoiseach gives details of job creation concept on US mission |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0506/1224296281821.html |access-date=7 May 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=6 May 2011 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023195329/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0506/1224296281821.html |url-status=live}}</ref> on 6 May he was put on a [[ventilator]].<ref>{{cite news |title='Irish institution' FitzGerald put on ventilator after falling seriously ill |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/irish-institution-fitzgerald-put-on-ventilator-after-falling-seriously-ill-153727.html |access-date=7 May 2020 |work=Irish Examiner |date=6 May 2011 |archive-date=17 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617220130/https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/irish-institution-fitzgerald-put-on-ventilator-after-falling-seriously-ill-153727.html |url-status=live}}</ref> On 19 May,<ref>{{cite news |title=A courageous and visionary taoiseach |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0519/breaking8.html |access-date=7 May 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=19 May 2011 |archive-date=11 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211222436/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-courageous-and-visionary-taoiseach-1.876843 |url-status=live}}</ref> after suffering from [[pneumonia]],<ref name=belfasttelegraph>{{cite news |last=Poole |first=Amanda |title=Queen pays tribute to former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/queen-pays-tribute-to-former-taoiseach-garret-fitzgerald-28619059.html |access-date=8 May 2020 |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=20 May 2011 |quote=The monarch yesterday joined warm words spoken about the 85-year-old Fine Gael politician after he died at the Mater Hospital in Dublin after suffering from pneumonia. |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806220935/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/queen-pays-tribute-to-former-taoiseach-garret-fitzgerald-28619059.html |url-status=live}}</ref> he died at the [[Mater Private Hospital]] in Dublin,<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald dies aged 85 |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0519/fitzgeraldg.html |access-date=7 May 2020 |publisher=RTÉ News |date=19 May 2011 |archive-date=9 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609101414/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0519/fitzgeraldg.html |url-status=live}}</ref> at the age of 85.

In a statement, Irish president [[Mary McAleese]] hailed FitzGerald as "a man steeped in the history of the State who constantly strove to make Ireland a better place for all its people".<ref>{{cite news |title=President hails FitzGerald as Renaissance man |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0519/fitzgeraldg_reax.html |access-date=7 May 2020 |publisher=RTÉ News |date=19 May 2011 |quote=President McAleese described him as a man steeped in the history of the State who constantly strove to make Ireland a better place for all its people. |archive-date=3 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103052823/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0519/fitzgeraldg_reax.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Taoiseach Enda Kenny paid homage to "a truly remarkable man who made a truly remarkable contribution to Ireland".<ref>{{cite news |title=Leaders pay tribute to former taoiseach |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0519/breaking21.html |access-date=7 May 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=19 May 2011 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023214539/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0519/breaking21.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Henry Kissinger]], the former [[US secretary of state]] who served as an [[wikt:opposite number|opposite number]] to FitzGerald in the 1970s, recalled "an intelligent and amusing man who was dedicated to his country".<ref>{{cite news |last=Donnellan |first=Eithne |title=Intelligent, wise and amusing man |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0523/1224297548231.html |access-date=7 May 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=23 May 2011 |quote=F{{lc:ORMER}} US secretary of state Henry Kissinger described Dr Garret FitzGerald as an intelligent and amusing man who was dedicated to his country. |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023233050/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0523/1224297548231.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

His death occurred on the third day of [[Queen Elizabeth II's state visit to the Republic of Ireland]], an event designed to mark the completion of the [[Northern Ireland peace process]] that had been "built on the foundations" of FitzGerald's [[Hillsborough Agreement]] with Margaret Thatcher in 1985.<ref>{{cite news |title=A man of great integrity who was devoted to service of State |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0520/1224297355733.html |access-date=7 May 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=20 May 2011 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023232127/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0520/1224297355733.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In a personal message, the Queen offered her sympathies and said she was "saddened" to learn of FitzGerald's death.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carty |first1=Ed |last2=Kelpie |first2=Colm |title=Queen offers sympathies following FitzGerald death |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/queen-offers-sympathies-following-fitzgerald-death-2286328.html |access-date=7 May 2020 |work=The Independent |date=19 May 2011 |archive-date=22 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522041104/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/queen-offers-sympathies-following-fitzgerald-death-2286328.html |url-status=live}}</ref> British prime minister [[David Cameron]], who was also in Ireland, paid tribute to FitzGerald's "huge contribution to the peace process bringing reconciliation for all that had happened in the past".<ref>{{cite news |title=Five at Five |url=http://media.newstalk.ie/extra/2767/popup |newspaper=News Talk |date=19 May 2011 |access-date=19 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125722/http://media.newstalk.ie/extra/2767/popup |archive-date=21 July 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A great leader of the Irish people |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0519/breaking22.html?via=rel |access-date=7 May 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=19 May 2011 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023232529/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0519/breaking22.html?via=rel |url-status=live}}</ref> On his visit to Dublin, US president [[Barack Obama]] offered condolences on FitzGerald's death; he spoke of "someone who believed in the power of education; someone who believed in the potential of youth; most of all, someone who believed in the potential of peace and who lived to see that peace realised".<ref>{{cite web |editor-first=Martin |editor-last=Melaugh |title=CAIN: Issues: Politics: President Obama's speech in Dublin, 23 May 2011 |url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/wh/bo230511.htm |website=[[CAIN Web Service]] |access-date=14 May 2020 |quote=Let me also express my condolences on the recent passing of former Taoiseach {{sic|Garret|t}} Fitzgerald. |archive-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718145458/https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/wh/bo230511.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

FitzGerald was buried at [[Shanganagh Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite web |title=State Funeral for Garret FitzGerald |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0520/301303-fitzgeraldg |publisher=RTÉ News |access-date=7 May 2020 |date=20 May 2011 |quote=The funeral mass takes place at 2.30&nbsp;pm on Sunday, with burial afterwards at Shanganagh Cemetery. |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614021438/https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0520/301303-fitzgeraldg/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Remembrance ===
In February 2012, [[Young Fine Gael]] (YFG) announced that its annual summer school would be renamed the Garret FitzGerald YFG Summer School.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}