Seanad debates
Tuesday, 7 October 2003
Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy.
Lady Goulding stood for the Fianna Fáil Party in a general election and gathered a very respectable vote. However, it was her abiding desire to work with people of disadvantage that imprinted itself on many minds. Schools regularly ask politicians to talk to their students as they start their year. I was in a secondary school recently and asked the pupils if they had ever heard of Lady Valerie Goulding. More than half the class had heard of her, which was remarkable. They did not know I was going to ask them that, although her name had been in the newspapers because she had recently passed away.
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