Tributes as pioneer politician Desmond is laid to rest

EILEEN DESMOND, the second woman Labour deputy to be elected to Dáil Éireann and one of only nine women deputies in the party’s history was laid to rest in Crosshaven, Co Cork, yesterday.

Tributes as pioneer politician Desmond is laid to rest
Tue, 11 Jan, 2005 - 00:00

The former Labour TD and Government minister was buried after a Requiem Mass at Carrigaline.

She died last Friday at the age of 72. Former party leaders Ruairi Quinn and Dick Spring attended the funeral.

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