Dan Wallace (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)

I, too, would like to be associated with the vote of sympathy to both the Desmond family and the Labour Party. I did not work with Eileen Desmond but I know that her contribution at local level, as a member of Cork County Council, and as a Member of Dáil Éireann, a Minister and MEP epitomised all that public life should be about. As was mentioned, her daughter Paula is continuing that great tradition. On behalf of the local authority members in Cork city and county, I wish to be associated with the vote of sympathy.

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