Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)

On behalf of the Labour Party and on behalf of myself, I wish to express sympathy to his family. He was an outstanding sportsman. One of the characteristics we remember is that in photographs he was always smiling and happy. It is a great tragedy for his family but also for the boxing fraternity, his friends and colleagues. It was moving to see young boxers lined out on the day of his funeral. They were young and committed and admired him as a role model. He will be sadly missed most of all by his immediate family but also by young people who see him as an outstanding athlete who represented the country with great honour.

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