Billy Lawless (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I, too, congratulate Senator Ruane on her fantastic achievement. She is a great addition to the House.

I also congratulate Joe Schmidt, Johnny Sexton and the rest of the Irish rugby team on winning the coach, player and team of the year awards, respectively. It was an unbelievable achievement. Senators may not know that in my sport Dominic Casey from Skibbereen was last week voted world rowing coach of the year. We have had a bunch of firsts in recent weeks.