They don’t make them like Hardiman any more

Gerard Howlin remembers and assesses Adrian Hardiman with a pen dipped in richly resounding respect and warmth.

While not everyone may align comfortably to Adrian Hardiman’s erstwhile political dalliances, there is something compellingly authentic and persuasively iconic about his life’s exemplar.

His wit, wisdom and worldly-wide ‘lateralisms’ afford him surely a special niche in the lore of both servile and inspirational citizenry. It would seem he may have few equals in his mosaical melange of public duty, intellectual prowess and good- humoured generosity of spirit.

A fundamental grasp of the rights of the individual, however maligned, peppered all of his energetic deliberations

And that mentions nothing of his renowned bonhomie, which have been legendary during his life of ultra-serious commitment to the public good. May his legacy continue to inspire, regale and renew.

Jim Cosgrove

Chapel Street

Lismore

Co.Waterford