Statement from President Higgins on the death of Patricia Carrick
Date: Wed 25th Nov, 2020 | 14:31
“I was greatly saddened to hear that Patricia Carrick has died.
As President of Ireland, mar Uachtarán na hÉireann, may I express the sorrow of the people of Ireland and our sympathies with her family and friends.
I spoke to her husband Damien and family on the 1st November and to her father Pat O’Sullivan, a long-time friend, at the beginning of November. Patricia’s and Damien’s families were well-known to me for years.
I know that Patricia’s courage, which I know she held to the very end, and her grace as a campaigner, provide some solace to her loved ones at this difficult time.
It is also appropriate at this time to think of all those who were failed by a system in which they had trusted, and their loved ones.”