Tributes paid to former Tánaiste

Warm tributes were paid today to former Tánaiste and Labour Party leader Michael O’Leary, who died after a long political and legal career.

Tributes paid to former Tánaiste
Fri, 12 May, 2006 - 16:48

Warm tributes were paid today to former Tánaiste and Labour Party leader Michael O’Leary, who died after a long political and legal career.

Mr O’Leary drowned in a swimming pool while on holiday in France last night just days after retiring as a district court judge on his 70th birthday on Monday.

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