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Wed 04 Apr 2007Empathy for mother of jailed councillor praisedSeanad report:House leader Mary O'Rourke commended the humanitarian feelings of a Fianna Fáil member who criticised the prison sentence imposed on a Galway county councillor.Labhrás Ó Murchú said that during the 10 years he had been in the House, he had found that members on all sides had always shown a very strong humanitarian orientation, "in other words, thinking of people who are vulnerable and people who are helpless, particularly where the aged are concerned".