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TOMÁS MAC GIOLLA gave confidence to people whose only experience was accepting their second-class status because they saw no other way, Workers’ Party president Michael Finnegan told mourners at his funeral in Dublin yesterday.

Mr Finnegan, a friend for nearly four decades, said Mr Mac Giolla had convinced his followers that their issues were important and that change was possible.