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STATEMENT BY MINISTER COVENEY ON THE DEATH OF JOURNALIST SEAN MAC CONNELL

Minister for Agriculture Food & the Marine Simon Coveney today expressed sadness at the untimely death of former Irish Times journalist Sean Mac Connell. Minister Coveney said “Sean was a major contributor to Irish journalism. He was a constant at every agricultural event, and will be sorely missed by all members of the greater agriculture family. My sympathies, as well as those of the many officials in my Department who knew him, go to his wife and family”