Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy
Dail Éireann — 2022-12-13
============================================================

Darragh O'Brien (FF), Dublin Fingal

For all of us, Bobby was a true friend. I was a disrupter in the group as a Dub. The one thing Bobby could never understand was that when he discussed hurling, I would discuss cricket. It was one thing he could never agree with me about. We travelled a bit and went to weddings in Kinsale. Everywhere you went, people loved Bobby. He was gregarious and his personality was infectious. As every Member who has spoken so far has said, you could not but be his friend. I have never heard a person say a bad word about Bobby Aylward. He helped those of us who came in here all the way through. He gave us perspective, including about the job we do, because he put his family first. He loved his party but we loved him and still do and will never forget him.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2022-12-13/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:51:25+00:00
Sitting date: 2022-12-13