David Norris (Independent)

—— and ability to keep the pressure on consistently according to plan until it achieved victory in a difficult situation. These are the kind of qualities the Government needs. Consider too how the team united the country. There was not much political verbiage. I saw the team coming back at the airport and saw Ulstermen there delighted to see the tricolour. Ulster voices intimated they were thrilled with the Dublin crowd. Such sports victories, and the rugby victory was not the only victory, does more to lift spirits than anything. Not only was there the rugby victory, there was also the victory of Bernard Dunne who behaved with equal decency and sportsmanship——