Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the announcement from the so-called dissident republican group, Óglaigh na hÉireann, that it is ending its armed actions. This is very welcome. The group carried out an horrific attack on the Catholic PSNI member Peadar Heffron in 2010. The group comprises former Provisional IRA members and carried out its first action in 2009. I would like to pay tribute to the men who helped to end it, trade unionist Peter Bunting, Conal McFeely and Fianna Fáil Deputy Eamon Ó Cuív. I also wish to pay tribute to the work of Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan and many others who worked with dissident republicans in Maghaberry Prison and elsewhere. The work is very valuable. It is another move in the right direction and towards the normalisation of peace in Northern Ireland and our country. There is no place for violence on the island of Ireland. I hope other dissident groups will follow suit. I pay tribute to my neighbour and friend, Paul Young, from Cartoon Saloon who received his third Oscar nomination today for the film "The Breadwinner". His father was Sean Young, a bank manager who came from Ballymaguigan, County Derry and lived across the street from me. We are very proud in Boyle of our two movie stars, Paul Young and Chris O'Dowd. Boyle was also the home of Maureen O'Sullivan who lived up the street from me and played the role of Jane in the "Tarzan" series of films. Boyle is a town from which many film stars have come, which I hope will be recognised.