As tributes pour in for Dr Ian Paisley, who has died at the age of 88, we take a look back at his life through pictures.

Ian Paisley (left) and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party James Molyneaux (right) in protest at Hillsborough during the signing of the Anglo Irish Agreement in 1985

Ian Paisley in an angry mood as he displays his pass to the peace talks and protests at chairman's George Mitchell's attempts to have him barred at a press conference in Castle buildings, 1998

DUP members Nigel Dodds Ian Paisley and party leader Peter Robinson speaking at Stormont Buildings after they had delayed the elections of the new first and deputy ministers for Northern Ireland executive by procedural means in 2001

Ian Paisley (right) and Martin McGuinness (left) at the meeting of North-South Ministerial Council in 2007

Ian Paisley and his wife Eileen Paisley at Trinity College Dublin in 2010

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern (right) and Ian Paisley (left) at the site of the Battle of the Boyne in 2007

President Mary McAleese and Ian Paisley at Trinity College Dublin in 2010

Ian Paisley (centre) and his wife Eileen (right) with former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern (left) as they visit the crypt of Daniel O'Connell in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin back in 2010

Martin McGuinness (left) and Ian Paisley (right) at Parliament Buildings in Stormont before the arrival of the British prime minister in 2007