Taoiseach s attendance at Cork boxing club event during indoor gatherings ban was not personal
Reports resurfaced yesterday about Micheál Martin’s attendance at the event. By Stephen McDermott Sunday 4 Apr 2021, 9:49 AM Apr 4th 2021, 9:49 AM 129,065 Views 134 Comments
Image: Julien Behal Photography
Image: Julien Behal Photography
THE TAOISEACH HAS insisted that his attendance at an event at a Cork boxing club before Christmas, when a ban on indoor gatherings was in place, was for “work” reasons.
Reports emerged yesterday that Micheál Martin attended the event at Glen Boxing Club in Blackpool on 12 December last to present a trophy named after his father.
Both of us no longer work with Concern but we have stayed in touch.
Paul contacted me last month to tell me his mother had died. She had been in a nursing home in Cork since 2017.
Patricia O Mahony died on January 19.
She was the noble age of 91 when the cruel hand of Covid took her life.
Two weeks ago I saw Patricia s photograph in The Irish Times . Every Saturday the newspaper dedicates a page to a selected number of people who have died from Covid.
Naturally I was attracted to the page when I saw the piece on Mrs O Mahony.
Both of us no longer work with Concern but we have stayed in touch.
Paul contacted me last month to tell me his mother had died. She had been in a nursing home in Cork since 2017.
Patricia O Mahony died on January 19.
She was the noble age of 91 when the cruel hand of Covid took her life.
Two weeks ago I saw Patricia s photograph in The Irish Times . Every Saturday the newspaper dedicates a page to a selected number of people who have died from Covid.
Naturally I was attracted to the page when I saw the piece on Mrs O Mahony.
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