Peter Callanan (Fianna Fail)

I wish to be associated with the tributes paid to Archbishop Eames, who has served his country and community well.

I commend Senator Ó Murchú and join him in acknowledging the role of the Kent family in the struggle for Irish freedom. On this day 90 years ago, 9 May 1916, Thomas Kent was put to death by the then occupying forces. He is still held in high regard in Cork generally and in Castlelyons in particular, of which he was a native. As Senator Ó Murchú has noted, it would be appropriate to pay national honour to the memory of the late Thomas Kent. He is the only person buried within the walls of Cork Prison and it would be appropriate and proper to re-inter his body in the family plot in Castlelyons or perhaps in St. Fin Barre's in Cork.

There are many stories about the Kent family and it may not be known generally that one of their relatives serves in the other House. He is a Minister of State from Cork.