Briege Brownlee, Myself and Marie Our friend Marie Moore: We buried our friend Belfast City Councillor Marie Moore last Tuesday. I gave the funeral oration. I post it below in tribute to her. ‘When I heard the very sad news of Marie’s death I said to our leadership in Belfast that Marie’s funeral should be arranged by women. A few hours later I got word back that Marie had arranged the funeral herself, and that I was to give the oration. I think it was Sinead who said to her that “he mightn’t be here”. And Marie said “he’ll be here for me.” And so I am. I am very sad and proud and honoured to be here speaking to you today about our friend and our comrade Marie Moore. I want to extend on all of our behalf’s our solidarity to her children, Brian and Kieran and Eileen and to all of the grandchildren and great grand children. Marie Moore’s life is like a political calendar of the last 40 years. Further to that, when Maire was a small child of six, she was in her granny’s house when there w