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JOHN F. KENNEDY JR

  • A Kennedy of enormous potential who bore himself with dignity and grace

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr, who was 38, was killed on July 16th in an aeroplane accident over the waters off the coast of Massachusetts near Martha's Vineyard. His wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, were with him in the plane and were also killed. By Sunday night, the Coast Guard had reluctantly abandoned hope of finding survivors in the cold waters. ["]You hit the water at that speed of descent, and it's like hitting cement,["] a spokesman said. In a sad and ironic turn of fate, pieces of the small private plane which was piloted by Mr. Kennedy are washing up on a stretch of shoreline on a beachfront at Gay Head, which is owned by Kennedy and his sister, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg. Yesterday afternoon the flag at the family's compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts was lowered to half mast, and Senator Edward Moore Kennedy, John's uncle, and the spokesman for the family, acknowledged the deaths in a statement issued from Caroline Schlossberg's home on Long Island: ["]We are filled with unspeakable grief and sadness by the loss of John and Carolyn and of Lauren Bessettewe pray that John, Carolyn and Lauren will find eternal rest, and that God's perpetual light will shine on them.["] p
TIM DENNEHYBack to Top

  • Innovator who was one of the pioneers of public relations

    Tim Dennehy, who died on June 29th aged 80, was one of the pioneers of the public relations industry in Ireland. Born in Tralee in 1919, he came from a nationalist family well known in public life. His father, a publican, was a member of the urban district council and Kerry County Council, as well as being a prominent figure in the Cumann na nGaedheal party. p
DONAL MCCANNBack to Top

  • A great interpreter of modern Irish theatre

    The Flood of tributes, many of them verging on adulation, which marked Donal McCann's death would have been impossible during his lifetime. He simply would not have allowed them. At his funeral Mass a friend was quoted as saying: "We would not have been able to hold this event if Donal had a say in it." p
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