Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Arctic Copper. Rory is standing at the front and, while everyone was happy, he was the happiest man and it is a lovely photograph.Every time I look at it, I think of the past and sporting occasions, and this was a really great sporting occasion. This is there for the Members to see and is something I really enjoy.

People talk about politics. It is great to see so many past politicians here today. Politics is a tough game. Senator O'Sullivan summed it up yesterday where he said that sometimes we are our own worst enemies and allow ourselves to be denigrated where people call shame on us and say that we are all the same. People like Rory came from a background, where he was not a politician but a community man. He was of his people. He was a family and sporting man. He got in here, represented his people and his country through his own personality. He believed in decorum and he ran this Seanad - no offence to the current Leas-Chathaoirleach - very well. Nobody misbehaved in the Seanad.