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UTV political editor Ken Reid is carried out of St Patrick’s Church in Ballymena </span><span class="c-media-item__credit">(Mark Marlow/PA) </span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="c-attribution b-byline"><span class="b-byline__by">By</span> <span class="b-byline__names">Jonathan McCambridge, PA</span></div><time as="time" class="c-date b-date" dateTime="2024-11-28T16:49:48.161Z">November 28, 2024 at 4:49pm GMT</time><article class="b-article-body"><p class="c-paragraph">Ken Reid was loved by journalists and respected by politicians from across Northern Ireland and beyond, mourners at his funeral have been told.</p><p class="c-paragraph">Hundreds of people packed into St Patrick’s Church in Ballymena, Co Antrim, for a service of thanksgiving for the former UTV political editor who died last week at the age of 69 after an illness.</p><figure class="c-media-item b-article-body__image"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="The death of Ken Reid was announced last week" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/OMFDIPAL35IZLNWAA4B3QP6WEM.jpg?auth=05501a87d912b5763f67fcbd56f6a2cc90c188ff2805e1678cfd7cfd30b1e6c1&width=800&height=533" srcSet="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/OMFDIPAL35IZLNWAA4B3QP6WEM.jpg?auth=05501a87d912b5763f67fcbd56f6a2cc90c188ff2805e1678cfd7cfd30b1e6c1&width=274&height=182 274w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/OMFDIPAL35IZLNWAA4B3QP6WEM.jpg?auth=05501a87d912b5763f67fcbd56f6a2cc90c188ff2805e1678cfd7cfd30b1e6c1&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/OMFDIPAL35IZLNWAA4B3QP6WEM.jpg?auth=05501a87d912b5763f67fcbd56f6a2cc90c188ff2805e1678cfd7cfd30b1e6c1&width=768&height=511 768w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/OMFDIPAL35IZLNWAA4B3QP6WEM.jpg?auth=05501a87d912b5763f67fcbd56f6a2cc90c188ff2805e1678cfd7cfd30b1e6c1&width=1024&height=682 1024w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/OMFDIPAL35IZLNWAA4B3QP6WEM.jpg?auth=05501a87d912b5763f67fcbd56f6a2cc90c188ff2805e1678cfd7cfd30b1e6c1&width=1440&height=959 1440w" width="800" height="533"/><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">The death of Ken Reid was announced last week </span><span class="c-media-item__credit">(Matt Mackey/PressEye/PA) </span></figcaption></figure><p class="c-paragraph">Politicians past and present were represented at the service. Stormont speaker Edwin Poots and Ulster Unionist Party leader Mike Nesbitt, a former colleague of Mr Reid at UTV, were among those who attended.</p><p class="c-paragraph">Former MP Lady Sylvia Hermon and ex-Alliance Party leader David Ford were also in the church.</p><div class="c-grid b-top-table-list"><div class="c-grid b-top-table-list-small-container b-top-table-list-small-container--2"><article class="c-grid b-top-table-list-small b-top-table-list-small--left"><a class="c-link" href="/news/northern-ireland/chinese-organised-crime-gang-behind-huge-co-down-cannabis-farm-police-ZHEAMM4E4RFK5ADIIFBWK3D5RY/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><figure class="c-media-item"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/5OZR4EQ6I5GHRNBEOKMFU4OMMI.jpg?smart=true&auth=e9c1015ce8c6a707d19695f72475ae00d44a2b76cc24fea5946375bc67b5d33d&width=800&height=450" srcSet="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/5OZR4EQ6I5GHRNBEOKMFU4OMMI.jpg?smart=true&auth=e9c1015ce8c6a707d19695f72475ae00d44a2b76cc24fea5946375bc67b5d33d&width=400&height=225 400w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/5OZR4EQ6I5GHRNBEOKMFU4OMMI.jpg?smart=true&auth=e9c1015ce8c6a707d19695f72475ae00d44a2b76cc24fea5946375bc67b5d33d&width=600&height=337 600w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/5OZR4EQ6I5GHRNBEOKMFU4OMMI.jpg?smart=true&auth=e9c1015ce8c6a707d19695f72475ae00d44a2b76cc24fea5946375bc67b5d33d&width=800&height=450 800w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/5OZR4EQ6I5GHRNBEOKMFU4OMMI.jpg?smart=true&auth=e9c1015ce8c6a707d19695f72475ae00d44a2b76cc24fea5946375bc67b5d33d&width=1200&height=675 1200w" width="800" height="450"/></figure></a><h2 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/news/northern-ireland/chinese-organised-crime-gang-behind-huge-co-down-cannabis-farm-police-ZHEAMM4E4RFK5ADIIFBWK3D5RY/">Chinese organised crime gang behind huge Co Down cannabis farm: police </a></h2></article><article class="c-grid b-top-table-list-small b-top-table-list-small--left"><a class="c-link" href="/news/northern-ireland/west-belfast-woman-pulled-imitation-gun-on-customers-in-morning-star-bar-claiming-im-in-the-ira-VKKEIHM7NBBGVLCMDDNMWSYWJM/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><figure class="c-media-item"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/OVTNHLA2SZGQBCEB6DDCBBW2PU.jpg?smart=true&auth=4bfcb354639540c0e2fa2f111830e8f4fe5f3a2d01a16b458904829c50c7a7cf&width=800&height=450" srcSet="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/OVTNHLA2SZGQBCEB6DDCBBW2PU.jpg?smart=true&auth=4bfcb354639540c0e2fa2f111830e8f4fe5f3a2d01a16b458904829c50c7a7cf&width=400&height=225 400w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/OVTNHLA2SZGQBCEB6DDCBBW2PU.jpg?smart=true&auth=4bfcb354639540c0e2fa2f111830e8f4fe5f3a2d01a16b458904829c50c7a7cf&width=600&height=337 600w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/OVTNHLA2SZGQBCEB6DDCBBW2PU.jpg?smart=true&auth=4bfcb354639540c0e2fa2f111830e8f4fe5f3a2d01a16b458904829c50c7a7cf&width=800&height=450 800w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/OVTNHLA2SZGQBCEB6DDCBBW2PU.jpg?smart=true&auth=4bfcb354639540c0e2fa2f111830e8f4fe5f3a2d01a16b458904829c50c7a7cf&width=1200&height=675 1200w" width="800" height="450"/></figure></a><h2 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/news/northern-ireland/west-belfast-woman-pulled-imitation-gun-on-customers-in-morning-star-bar-claiming-im-in-the-ira-VKKEIHM7NBBGVLCMDDNMWSYWJM/">West Belfast woman pulled imitation gun on customers in Morning Star bar shouting: ‘I’m in the IRA’</a></h2></article></div></div><p class="c-paragraph">Dozens of journalists who had worked with Mr Reid over several decades also attended the funeral. Former UTV journalists Ivan Little, Frank Mitchell and Fearghal McKinney were joined by current political editor Tracey Magee and presenters Paul Clark and Rose Neill.</p><div id="fusion-static-enter:html-block-f0fSEmU0MYIQO8" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="html-block-f0fSEmU0MYIQO8"></div><div><html> <head> <style> img { max-width: 100%; width: 100%; height: auto; text-align: center; } </style> </head> <body> <a href="https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaH85hL0VycFO0E0o92d"> <img display="block" margin-left="auto" margin-right="auto" src="/resizer/YujLXhCcVl9RahGYVncpeN-WOF0=/arc-photo-irishnews/eu-central-1-prod/public/B7NTRPKOTNEK7K6CVOMIB2IA3U.jpg" alt="Join the Irish News Whatsapp channel"> </a> </body> </html></div><div id="fusion-static-exit:html-block-f0fSEmU0MYIQO8" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="html-block-f0fSEmU0MYIQO8"></div><div id="arcad-feature-f0fjG224R0pZ1BF-2-4-1-def17e2480ad5" class="c-stack b-ads-block" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="center" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"><div><div id="teads" class="ads/default"></div></div></div><figure class="c-media-item b-article-body__image"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Lady Sylvia Hermon attends the funeral of veteran journalist and former UTV political editor Ken Reid" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/C2QKWPJNBZLZRLSBNP4HB2WRG4.jpg?auth=ff0e2853a3e3f15301b8d052941bf79a42ba252e13ece2242c1d7d048a891436&width=800&height=883" srcSet="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/C2QKWPJNBZLZRLSBNP4HB2WRG4.jpg?auth=ff0e2853a3e3f15301b8d052941bf79a42ba252e13ece2242c1d7d048a891436&width=274&height=302 274w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/C2QKWPJNBZLZRLSBNP4HB2WRG4.jpg?auth=ff0e2853a3e3f15301b8d052941bf79a42ba252e13ece2242c1d7d048a891436&width=400&height=441 400w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/C2QKWPJNBZLZRLSBNP4HB2WRG4.jpg?auth=ff0e2853a3e3f15301b8d052941bf79a42ba252e13ece2242c1d7d048a891436&width=768&height=847 768w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/C2QKWPJNBZLZRLSBNP4HB2WRG4.jpg?auth=ff0e2853a3e3f15301b8d052941bf79a42ba252e13ece2242c1d7d048a891436&width=1024&height=1130 1024w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/C2QKWPJNBZLZRLSBNP4HB2WRG4.jpg?auth=ff0e2853a3e3f15301b8d052941bf79a42ba252e13ece2242c1d7d048a891436&width=1440&height=1589 1440w" width="800" height="883"/><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Lady Sylvia Hermon attends the funeral of veteran journalist and former UTV political editor Ken Reid </span><span class="c-media-item__credit">(Mark Marlow/PA) </span></figcaption></figure><p class="c-paragraph">BBC journalist Mark Simpson delivered the eulogy, stating that everyone who had worked with Mr Reid would treasure the time they had spent with him.</p><p class="c-paragraph">He told the mourners: “It is not often you hear Stormont and love in the same sentence, but the Stormont press pack loved Ken Reid.</p><p class="c-paragraph">“It was a cross-community love, UTV and BBC. He was also loved by RTE, Sky, Downtown, Irish Times, the Press Association, you name it, newspaper journalists, even the press officers at Stormont loved Ken Reid.</p><p class="c-paragraph">“We saw it in the Stormont chamber on Monday, and even at Westminster yesterday, just how much he was respected by politicians on all sides.</p><p class="c-paragraph">“There was harmony at Stormont on Monday and we all know how rare that is.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fczXVLNMIZ1sD-2-4-2-dd6ce9174e3" class="c-stack b-ads-block" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="center" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"><div><div id="in-article-mpu1" class="ads/default"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph">“If it catches on, many of us in this church will be out of a job soon.”</p><figure class="c-media-item b-article-body__image"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Rose Neil and Paul Clarke attend the funeral of veteran journalist and former UTV political editor Ken Reid" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LKHXTT7EIZNHBBC35KENXLTA4Q.jpg?auth=ce6c2d08d9ba27ac37d9f637bf43be48cb8e1e7605efc335d509e9437ef18e35&width=800&height=918" srcSet="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LKHXTT7EIZNHBBC35KENXLTA4Q.jpg?auth=ce6c2d08d9ba27ac37d9f637bf43be48cb8e1e7605efc335d509e9437ef18e35&width=274&height=314 274w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LKHXTT7EIZNHBBC35KENXLTA4Q.jpg?auth=ce6c2d08d9ba27ac37d9f637bf43be48cb8e1e7605efc335d509e9437ef18e35&width=400&height=459 400w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LKHXTT7EIZNHBBC35KENXLTA4Q.jpg?auth=ce6c2d08d9ba27ac37d9f637bf43be48cb8e1e7605efc335d509e9437ef18e35&width=768&height=881 768w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LKHXTT7EIZNHBBC35KENXLTA4Q.jpg?auth=ce6c2d08d9ba27ac37d9f637bf43be48cb8e1e7605efc335d509e9437ef18e35&width=1024&height=1175 1024w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LKHXTT7EIZNHBBC35KENXLTA4Q.jpg?auth=ce6c2d08d9ba27ac37d9f637bf43be48cb8e1e7605efc335d509e9437ef18e35&width=1440&height=1652 1440w" width="800" height="918"/><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Rose Neil and Paul Clarke attend the funeral of veteran journalist and former UTV political editor Ken Reid </span><span class="c-media-item__credit">(Mark Marlow/PA) </span></figcaption></figure><p class="c-paragraph">Mr Simpson said despite Mr Reid’s professional achievements, he was a “family man first and foremost”.</p><p class="c-paragraph">Addressing the family in the church, he said: “You were his pride and joy. He had so much pride in all of you.”</p><p class="c-paragraph">He added: “During 27 years at UTV Ken had to explain the complicated, tangled, complex world of Stormont politics on live television in front of a huge audience and he made it look easy. He really did.</p><p class="c-paragraph">“At UTV he didn’t report the news, he was the news. ITV may have had their News at 10, but we had our News at Ken.”</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fgj0Ycp0nD2EG-2-4-3-9fd730c0f1c6b" class="c-stack b-ads-block" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="center" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"><div><div id="in-article-mpu2" class="ads/default"></div></div></div><figure class="c-media-item b-article-body__image"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Health Minister Mike Nesbitt and Mark Devenport attend the funeral (Mark Marlow/PA" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LQQMLPG4KZLABIBN2C7QWPE6T4.jpg?auth=65667991b011e6eefe305d86a920ebb9597ab32bc6b0ee92ddceaa6309d41f89&width=800&height=543" srcSet="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LQQMLPG4KZLABIBN2C7QWPE6T4.jpg?auth=65667991b011e6eefe305d86a920ebb9597ab32bc6b0ee92ddceaa6309d41f89&width=274&height=185 274w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LQQMLPG4KZLABIBN2C7QWPE6T4.jpg?auth=65667991b011e6eefe305d86a920ebb9597ab32bc6b0ee92ddceaa6309d41f89&width=400&height=271 400w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LQQMLPG4KZLABIBN2C7QWPE6T4.jpg?auth=65667991b011e6eefe305d86a920ebb9597ab32bc6b0ee92ddceaa6309d41f89&width=768&height=521 768w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LQQMLPG4KZLABIBN2C7QWPE6T4.jpg?auth=65667991b011e6eefe305d86a920ebb9597ab32bc6b0ee92ddceaa6309d41f89&width=1024&height=695 1024w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/LQQMLPG4KZLABIBN2C7QWPE6T4.jpg?auth=65667991b011e6eefe305d86a920ebb9597ab32bc6b0ee92ddceaa6309d41f89&width=1440&height=977 1440w" width="800" height="543"/><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Health Minister Mike Nesbitt and Mark Devenport attend the funeral (Mark Marlow/PA </span><span class="c-media-item__credit">(Mark Marlow/PA) </span></figcaption></figure><p class="c-paragraph">Mr Simpson said when Ken Reid joined UTV in 1994, Albert Reynolds was taoiseach, Bill Clinton was in the White House and the UK prime minister was John Major.</p><p class="c-paragraph">He added: “Ken being Ken, it wasn’t long before he had interviewed every one of them.</p><p class="c-paragraph">“And so it went on. Ken interviewed all the key players in London, Dublin, Washington and Belfast for almost three decades. Seven prime ministers in total.”</p><p class="c-paragraph">Mr Simpson said that although journalists were always in competition, Mr Reid had taken the time “to build deep friendships at Stormont”.</p><p class="c-paragraph">Mr Reid is survived by his wife Liz and children Gareth, Sarah and Sophie. 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