Heartfelt tributes were paid on Tuesday to former Perth and Kinross Provost Mike O’Malley, the district’s first - and only - Labour civic leader.
His funeral was held in St John The Baptist Church, Perth, following his death in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, on January 15, after a short illness.
He was aged 75. The requiem mass was conducted by Canon Steven Mulholland who acknowledged the “sense of loss and sadness” at his passing but emphasised his “deep commitment” to public life and his love of family and friends.In a wide-ranging and warm eulogy, his great nephew Adam Knowles described “Big Mike,” as he was known, as “a great servant to the people - completely dedicated.” He also referred to him as “a passionate ambassador for the city of Perth.” Mike was born in Alyth on January 22, 1946.
He was the third son of Thomas and Mary O’Malley, who immigrated to Scotland from Co. Mayo in Ireland in 1930. He went to school at St Stephen’s RC Primary in Blairgowrie before heading to Lawside Academy, Dundee, to complete his education.
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