Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)

-----and where they spend fortunes to do themselves up and add glamour to our events. We appreciate that very much. We have local ladies from Kilgarvan who actually won the best dressed lady in Listowel, including Joanne Murphy.

We appreciate all of this because it means so much to rural Ireland. As for the people talking against it, I am sorry that they do not understand it. They should come down and see what is going on there, and walk the roads with the people who are walking the dogs because they are doing tremendous work. It is great for people's heads to get out on the road and walk in the fresh air. They love their dogs and appreciate them and they do nothing in the world wrong to them. They spend more on the dogs than they spend in their homes.

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