Praise of leading politicians ‘unwelcome’

IN life, Tony Gregory pulled no punches in cutting through the pomposity of politics. And, in death, his close colleagues maintained that tradition.

In her moving eulogy in St Agatha’s Church, Dublin City councillor Maureen O’Sullivan made clear that the “lavish tributes and praise” expressed in recent days by certain politicians about Mr Gregory was unwelcome.

Adding that “those people speaking profusely about him in death” had “during his life, when he came looking for help, never as much as put a leaflet in a letter box”.