Members will have heard with great sadness of the tragic death last weekend of Mrs. Eileen Cassidy. It was a death all the more tragic and harrowing in that the accident which claimed her life also killed her husband, Judge John Cassidy. Mrs. Cassidy was a Member of this House from 1977 to 1981 having been nominated by the then Taoiseach, Mr. Jack Lynch. I did not know Mrs. Cassidy personally but by all accounts she was an extremely conscientious Senator who performed her duties to the highest standards. She was extremely well liked by all the Members. She had a warm, outgoing personality and made her own particular contribution to the House.
On behalf of the Members of the House, I want to extend my sympathy to her family in their tragic loss.