Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

On behalf of my party and on behalf of the House I wish to express my sympathy with Mrs. Gráinne Yeats and her family on the sad death of the former Senator Michael Yeats. He served in this Chamber for many years with truly great distinction, in addition to a period as Cathaoirleach, and his work here was much admired. When we talk about Michael Yeats we tend to place him within the context of both his father and grandfather but he was a man of great eminence himself. All his recent obituaries prove that fact.

He was a stalwart member of the Fianna Fáil party from his youth. When he attended secondary school, which was rather posh and maybe more suited to the other side of the House——