Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

He is much bigger than me but I knocked him over, thank God, and I was able to handle him then when he was down. It is easy to climb a tall tree that is knocked over. Going back to the county development plans, I note the input and work that Councillor Fitzgerald put in. He was the whip of his party over the years. I wish him, his wife, Mary, and his family well on his retirement.

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