[1] Daly was born on 2 February 1940 in Cooraclare, County Clare, and educated locally at CBS Kilrush school.

When Daly ran in the next general election in 1977, Limerick-based journalist Arthur Quinlan described him in the Irish Times as “a 37-year-old bundle of energy who has concentrated all his efforts on making his career out of politics”.

In November Albert Reynolds and Pádraig Flynn were sacked from the government and Daly was appointed Minister for Social Welfare.

[7] Daly lost his Dáil seat in the election that year, retaining his position as Minister of State until the formation of a new government in January 1993.

[9] In the Dáil, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin paid tribute to Daly as “an extraordinarily committed public servant” who had served in several departments.