President Michael D. Higgins arriving for the funeral mass of Des O’Malley at Church of the Sacred Heart, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, this morning. Mourners attended the solemn farewell at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook, where Des O’Malley married his wife Pat decades ago. She predeceased the former Minister for Justice and founder of the Progressive Democrats, who died on Wednesday. “I understand that Des was mortified and was heard to offer a string of impolite words.”Expand Close Des O'Malley as trade minister in 1991. Des O’Malley had sought the right balance between principle and pragmatism, with a commitment to the common good, he said.

Source: Irish Independent July 23, 2021 14:03 UTC