• Berlin-born doctor devoted to ambulance brigade

  Marianne Neuman:   MARIANNE NEUMAN, who died recently aged 94, was a German-born doctor who made a notable contribution to the practice of medicine in Ireland and was devoted particularly to the St John Ambulance Brigade. p
  

• Dixies singer was iconic figure of showband era

  Brendan O'Brien: THE APPEAL of Brendan O'Brien, lead singer with the Dixies showband, transcended the decades. To this day the first bars of his best-known hit from the 1960s, Little Arrows, can instantly bring a crowd to its feet. p
  

• A passionate yet pragmatic crusader for the Irish language

  Pádraig O Cuanacháin:   PÁDRAIG Ó CUANACHÁIN, who has died at the age of 76, was a passionate crusader for the Irish language, a tireless promoter of the Gaelscoileanna (all-Irish primary schools) concept, and a committed republican who was interned in the Curragh in the 1950s. p
  

• Key IMI figure and trustee of the Progressive Democrats

  Nóirín Slattery:   NÓIRÍN SLATTERY was the eldest of a family of four girls and four boys and was reared in Waterford city where her father owned a family drapery store. p
  

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