Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Before I move Second Stage, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I ask that we remember this day in world history. It is a very poignant date as it is the fiftieth anniversary of the brutal assassination of John F. Kennedy, an Irish-American President, who only six months earlier had visited this country to see his ancestral home and the Garden of Remembrance. He also addressed a joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas. We remember fondly that time in our history and that of his family. He was an inspiration to many. We remember the great shock and numbness at the news of his death in America and also in Ireland and throughout the world. With the indulgence of the Ceann Comhairle I ask that the House take a moment's reflection in remembrance. May he rest in peace.

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