Galway native was nominated to the Seanad in 2016 by then taoiseach Enda Kenny
Former senator Billy Lawless, originally from Galway but who became a successful publican after moving to Chicago in the 1990s, has died aged 73.
Lawless moved to Chicago in 1998 after his daughter won a rowing scholarship to Boston University. Lawless was a noted oarsman as a young man and was very involved with rowing in Galway City.Thanks a bunch, America. Love, women everywhereHis close friends in the Seanad Independent Group, Michael McDowell and Victor Boyhan, said: “It is with great sadness that we learned earlier today of the death of our dear friend former Senator Billy Lawless.
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