Ned O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate our new colleague, Senator Craughwell, and wish him well in his term here. I also congratulate his family, who are justifiably proud of his great achievement. He showed great courage in contesting an election which 90% of the public expected to be a foregone conclusion and there are probably many people who are sorry they did not do the same. I am from Listowel and we had a very famous scribe there at one time who said if one only has a puck goat for sale, make sure one is in the middle of the fair with him. I think Senator Craughwell was in the middle of fair and it paid off. Like himself and our Whip, I, too, am a former member of the Teachers' Union of Ireland and it gives me added gratification to see him here.