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Dick Roche (born 30 March 1947) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency, and also served in Seanad Éireann from 1992 to 1997.
Roche was born in Wexford and was educated at Wexford Christian Brothers School and University College Dublin (UCD) where he received Bachelor of Commerce Degree and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. Roche's grandfather, Jem Roche, was a one-time heavyweight boxing champion of Ireland who also fought unsuccessfully for the world title.[citation needed]
Roche is married to Eleanor Griffin, and they have three sons and one daughter. They live in County Wicklow.
On 15 December 2008 he was held hostage during a robbery at the Druids Glen Marriott Hotel and Country Club in County Wicklow.
Roche worked as a public servant at the Departments of Posts and Telegraphs, Transport and Power, Finance and at the Department of Economic Planning and Development. In 1978 he was appointed lecturer in Public Administration and Public Finance at UCD. In 1978 Roche became the first Irish Citizen to be awarded a United Nations Human Rights fellowship. He subsequently became a member of the Irish Commission for Justice and Peace and served as a time as Chairman of the Commission.
Shadow of Our Past
We Hide Inside, the safety of the same games
The same games
Secrets, We've shield spinning us now in circles
Bound in circles
Don't pretend to know me, Yeah!
Cause you don't know a thing
Spin me from the agony, Yeah!
Man, you so know anything.
We play those games, when everything was perfect
More then perfect
How did we swim into this vicious cycle?
Evil Cycle
Stop Controlling everything, Yeah!
One day soon your gonna see
The Foul Love that you remade, Yeah!
has made you my worst enemy
So tell me why you need to feel?
These things that are not real?
Admitting in this...
Love you until now
The Shadows of Our Past
Still nothing in our bags
And this is the moment it all comes down!
We hide Inside, the safety of the same games
Stupid Games
Secrets, We've shield spinning us now in circles
Bound in Circles
Don't pretend to know me, Yeah!
Cause you don't know a thing
The Foul Love that your remade, Yeah!
Has made you my worst enemy
So tell me why you need to feel?
These things that are not real?
Admitting in this...
Love you until now
The Shadows of Our Past
Still nothing in our bags
Cause we couldn't turn ourselves around
The point of no return
Now everything will burn
And nothing but the ash will be where we fell
The Shadows of Our Past
Still nothing in our bags
And this is the moment it all comes down
(Robotic)
Yeah
These things that are not real
Admitting in this...
Love you until now
The Shadows of Our Past
Still nothing in our bags