Alison Comyn (Fianna Fail)

If you will indulge me, I will use my time to pay tribute to a member of the Fianna Fáil family in County Louth who we lost in recent weeks. It was only at the end of September that I paid tribute to the late Kevin Geraghty, a real stalwart of Fianna Fáil in Collon in County Louth, and yet only two short weeks later, his family lost his beloved wife, Maura. They were a coalition for 62 years. She was in her 85th year. It is a great loss, unfortunately, to the Geraghty family. They had their own little cumann; they had seven children. Between the two of them, they raised some fine Fianna Fáil members.

Maura was also a strong member of the local community. She did not only make the sandwiches. I am told that she could have been a TD if she had put her mind to it but she was busy with seven children, and now many grandchildren. She also took time to be the secretary of the local tennis club, and also president of the ICA, so she really was part of the fabric of Collon and life in County Louth.

I offer my deepest condolences to Ciaran, Orla, Aileen, Dara, Fergal, Oisín and Dónal. Maura and Kevin will both be greatly missed. I hope both their gentle souls rest in peace.