Denis Landy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the resolution of the outstanding issues in the provision of medical cards for children aged six years and under.

I take the opportunity to pay tribute to a legend of hurling, Jimmy Doyle, who passed away suddenly yesterday in Thurles. He was a man who loved to talk about hurling, but he never wanted to talk about himself as a hurler. He was named on the team of the century and the team of the millennium. He won six all-Ireland finals with Tipperary, nine Munster finals and seven national league finals. He captained Tipperary on five occasions, including to victory in 1962 and 1965. He also was a legend in his club, winning ten county championships with his beloved Thurles Sarsfields, and spent all of his life involved in the club. He saw out his life as he lived it - energetic, full of life and the joys of hurling. Perhaps it was fitting that he should pass on the day after Tipperary hurling gained some recompense for the losses of the past two years by claiming victory over Limerick. When I met Jimmy at the Thurles Sarsfields clubhouse after last year's county final, all he wanted to talk about was the county's prospects, not about himself. We all knew he was a legend. I hope he has gone to his eternal reward.