• One of the finest sportsmen Ireland has produced

  Noel Cantwell : Noel Cantwell, who has died in Peterborough after a brief illness, will be recalled as one of the more charismatic personalities in Irish sport at a time when it filled an important role in offsetting the relative deprivations of life in the 1950s and early 1960s. p
  

• A caring pioneer in the area of learning difficulty

  Deirdre Killelea : Dr Deirdre Killelea, who died peacefully at Milford Hospice, Limerick, last month after a 10-year battle with cancer, was a pioneer in the area of learning difficulties who had a huge impact in Ireland and abroad. p
  

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