Neale Richmond (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We commemorated the armistice because there is nothing to celebrate about a conflict where millions of men, who were really boys, went to war and met their end, including two of my granduncles. The body of one of my granduncles is lying somewhere in a damp field in Belgium and will never be returned to his wife, children or his sister, who is my granny.

Regarding Senator Ardagh's comments, the last time that I had the honour of being Acting Leader we discussed the John Player site located on the South Circular Road. I will raise the matter with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. I encourage the Senator to write to the CEO of the Land Development Agency to see if she can engage with him directly on this issue.

I welcome her warm words for Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane. I join her in thanking them for their service to Irish football and I am sure everyone who has enjoyed the sport feels the same. I had a wonderful experience in France a two summers ago, as did a number of other Senators. I wish Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane well and I wish the FAI well in choosing their replacements. I am sure that there is a number of people here who think they are good enough to apply for their jobs but they think they are good enough for every job.