Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Alex White, O'Malley, Buttimer, Keaveney, Quinn, Ellis, Hanafin, Coffey, Ó Murchú, Norris, Leyden, Ormonde, Bacik, Healy-Eames and Ross expressed their congratulations to Senator Barack Obama, the President-elect of the United States of America. His election is uplifting for people, particularly in the western world. It has many parallels with the election of John F. Kennedy, who lifted the Irish people when he visited Ireland in 1963 and of Mr. Bill Clinton, who did much for Ireland. The latter probably was the best US President in terms of helping us.