Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I also pay tribute to my local authority, Limerick City and County Council, for the work it did dealing with Hurricane Ophelia, in particular, getting the river defences up the day before to prevent water coming into various parts of the city.

The debate tonight reminds me of a former Fine Gael Deputy from west Cork, P. J. Sheehan, who made a famous speech here one night where he named every single townland in west Cork. Many great places have been named tonight in this debate, which I suppose goes to show how tribal we all are. With due respect to the former US President, Bill Clinton, who told us today when he was getting his honorary doctorate that we should not be as tribal, we are such in Ireland. That is just the reality.

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