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Tánaiste statement on passing of Bernard Allen, former TD and Minister of State
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From Department of Foreign Affairs
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I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Bernard Allen, someone I served with for many years on Cork City Council and Dáil Éireann.
Bernard and I got on very well. We enjoyed the cut and thrust of local and national politics and worked together on a bipartisan level.
He put the interests of Cork first, whether in the Council or in the Dáil during his 30 years as a TD.
A very popular Lord Mayor of Cork, Bernard was a tenacious chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and an effective Minister for Youth and Sport - a portfolio he loved.
To his wife Marie and children Lorraine, Audrey and Deirdre, I offer my sincere condolences at this difficult time.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.