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Fri 05 May 2004President pays tribute to FarrellThe President, Mrs McAleese, yesterday launched a collection of essays written as a tribute to the distinguished political scientist, teacher and broadcaster, Prof Brian Farrell.Speaking at the publication of Dissecting Irish Politics: A Festschrift in Honour of BrianFarrell at Newman House, Dublin, yesterday, President McAleese described him as "something of an intellectual pentathlon".