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ORGANISERS of a North Clare parade, in which one entry depicted a dead man being taken to a post office, have apologised and described the situation as “tone deaf”. Kilfenora St Patrick’s Day parade was one of a number nationwide to contain floats representing a widely-publicised incident in which Carlow man Peadar Doyle was found to be dead during an alleged attempt to collect his pension. Foul play was ruled out in the 66-year-old’s death last January and Gardaí are continuing their investigations. After a major backlash following the parades, Orla Vaughan, apologised publicly and sent a letter to Mr Doyle’s family. “To Noeleen, Peadar’s sister and to Liam and Christopher, Peadar’s brothers, I really, really apologise,” Ms Vaughan said on Clare FM. “I can understand retrospectively, and that’s never a good thing, the hurt it caused them.” The Kilfenora woman said the committee sent a card last Monday to Mr Doyle’s family and that they would welcome an opportunity …

The Yes Equality Bus visited Clare on Monday afternoon to join members of Yes Equality Clare to campaign for a YES vote in the forthcoming Marriage Equality Referendum on May 22. The bus began its nationwide tour on April 22 in Dublin and will bring the case for a Yes vote to town squares across the country, covering 66 locations in 26 counties over 27 days. Local Yes Equality Clare spokesperson Orla Vaughan said, “I’m voting YES so that future generations of LGBT children are born into a country that accepts them for who they are before they themselves realise it. Giving them an equal footing in Irish society to their heterosexual friends from birth.”