Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

On behalf of the Fine Gael Party, I offer sincere sympathy to the Farrell family. Willie died on 8 April 2010 after a political career which had spanned almost 35 years. As the Leader of the House stated, he served on Sligo County Council, to which he was elected in 1967. In 1982 he was elected to the Seanad on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. Having lost it in 1983, he regained his seat in 1987 in the 18th Seanad and held it until his retirement in 2002. It is only right and fitting that we should pay tribute to a person with so many years of public service. To his family, friends and colleagues in the Fianna Fáil Party, we offer our sincere sympathy on their sad loss. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.