Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Acting Leader and the Smith family, who are here on behalf of their son, Stephen, to the Chamber. I congratulate the Leader, Senator Doherty, and Senator Seery Kearney on the Bill they have proposed. I look forward to supporting it.

Today, I remember a colleague, the former city councillor, John Mulholland, from Galway city. He was mayor of Galway city twice, from 1986 to 1987 and from 1996 to 1997. He was elected as a councillor for Fine Gael in 1985 and served until 2009, some 24 years. He was a businessman, a bookmaker, best remembered on his pitch at Ballybrit and in the numerous shops he had in the west of Ireland in particular. He was a gentleman and family man who was proud of Salthill and Galway city. I offer my sincere condolences to his wife, Margaret, to his children, Alan, Lisa, Eddie and Aoife, and to his brothers, sisters, grandchildren, extended family and friends. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.