An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2022-12-06
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Jerry Buttimer (FG), Labour Panel

I welcome Councillor Barry Sweeny to the Gallery. I join others in welcoming the centenary of the establishment of the Irish Free State. We are here today on the backs of great leaders. It was not the State envisaged by the leaders of the 1916 Rising but on 6 December 1922, Ireland became a free state, independent of Britain.

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Sitting date: 2022-12-06