Liam Lawlor - Time to learn truth about corruption

Liam Lawlor’s death in Moscow over the weekend upstaged the Fianna Fáil árd fheis. His going was as sensational as his political demise.

Human compassion and ordinary decency calls for condolences to be offered to his wife and family, because he was both a husband and a father.

His wife’s grief must be all the more intense in the wake of the speculation surrounding his death. Even his most trenchant critics in the media described him as a likeable rogue. He did not take their criticism personally, and he was always ready to provide a useable quote.