Joe Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

I join with the other speakers in expressing my sympathy to the family of the late Eileen Desmond. When I was elected to the House in 1981, she was Minister for Health and Social Welfare. The constituency of Mid-Cork was referred to. It was so known before it became the Cork North-West constituency. Although Eileen Desmond had been out of politics for some years, to this day she is held in high regard because of the work she did for the people in the Cork North-West constituency. I join the other Members in expressing sympathy to Eileen Desmond's daughters, Paula and Honor. Ar dheis láimh Dé go raibh a hanam dílis.

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