Regina Doherty (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is certainly a lot to respond to. I thank Senator McGreehan for acknowledging the Minister for Foreign Affairs' work and the memo brought to Cabinet this morning, as others also did. I will speak more broadly on it when I get to respond to Senator Craughwell. Senator McGreehan's views on the events that happened last night are shared by everybody in the House.

I read the story that Senator Dolan mentioned and listened to some of the commentary on the BBC this morning. Many people would have had admired Mo Farah before today based on his enormous contribution in the sporting world. We cannot but be amazed not only at his bravery but also at his tenacity to be able to do what he did arising from the circumstances that brought him to the United Kingdom and particularly in the context of some of the debates on extradition in the United Kingdom at the moment, which are as vulgar and as ugly as one could get. His timing shows great inspiration and hopefully will allow British people to be able to follow the example he has set.

Senator Gavan started so well, and I was so pleased.