TV3’S COVERAGE; DR GARRET FITZGERALD’S STATE FUNERAL

For further information:

Sharon McHugh
TV3 PRESS OFFICE
+3531 419 3430 / 087 922 4143
sharon.mchugh@tv3.ie
publicity@tv3.ie

Ciara Byrne
+353 1 419 3329 / 087 3199732
ciara.byrne@tv3.ie

TV3 GROUP RELEASE
IMMEDIATE: Friday 20th May 2011

Vincent Browne to present TV3’s coverage of Garret FitzGerald’s state funeral

Coverage will begin at 2pm on TV3

Vincent will be joined by a selected panel Vincent Browne will host Dr Garret FitzGerald: The State Funeral on Sunday 22nd May. Vincent will be joined by a selected panel. The coverage will begin at 2pm and TV3 will be in Donnybrook where Dr FitzGerald’s funeral mass will take place. Dr FitzGerald was predeceased by his wife Joan and is survived by his three children, Mark, John and Mary and his ten grandchildren.

Dr FitzGerald served two terms in office as Taoiseach and continued to play a hugely active role in Irish public life since his retirement from politics in 1992. A columnist for The Irish Times and prolific author, Dr FitzGerald was a frequent guest on radio and TV. He was a regular panelist on Tonight with Vincent Browne. He was elected to the Seanad in 1965 and then to the Dail as a Fine Gael TD

in 1969. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977 and leader of the party from 1977 to 1987. Born in Dublin in 1926, his father Desmond FitzGerald was Minister for External Affairs, while his mother Mabel Washington McConnell was a strong republican of Ulster Protestant descent. His father was on the pro treaty side after the War of Independence.

ENDS

Dr Garret FitzGerald: The State Funeral on Sunday from 2pm live on TV3

For further information & Interviews:
Maureen Catterson
TV3 PRESS OFFICE
+353 1 419 3430
+353 87 7800 737
Maureen.catterson@tv3.ie
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