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Mon 11 Nov 2002Tanaiste praises Molloy's career in politicsThe former minister Mr Bobby Molloy was to Galway what Fianna Fáil's Mr Jack Lynch was to Cork and the PDs' Mr Des O'Malley was to Limerick, the Tánaiste, Ms Harney, said at the weekend.No other politician in Galway had shaped national politics in the way Mr Molloy had done, and he had made an "outstanding contribution" over the last 40 years, the PD leader said. However, it was his role in helping to found and build the PDs from January 1986 which "guarantees his place in political history", she told a tribute function on Saturday night to mark Mr Molloy's retirement.