Marie Fleming and husband Tom. Marie passed away in December
THE husband of a Co Donegal woman who fought a legal right-to-die campaign has just failed to win a council seat – by just 10 votes.
Tom Curran, whose partner Marie Fleming, from Lifford, passed away late last year, said his election campaign had been “emotionally difficult” after he lost on the final council seat in Wicklow.
The seat went to a Sinn Fein candidate.
Mr Curran, who is continuing the right-to-die campaign, said he was overwhelmed by his campaign and how people wanted to talk about his Donegal wife during it.
“It stupidly never occurred to me that people would want to talk about Marie,” he said.
“I thought that other local issues would come up. I didn’t even think that people would recognise me but people did and it was their opportunity to give Marie praise.”
He added: “It took its toll on me. The more I got out there, the more I began to miss Marie even more. Every night I would come back from campaigning and I would be absolutely devastated.
“I can get back to taking some time to myself and grieve for Marie which is something that I haven’t had the opportunity to do yet.”
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