O’Donoghue fails to strike a chord as rocking minister

THERE he was, our doughty Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, out standing in his own field.

Wed, 10 Mar, 2004 - 00:00

Dan Buckley

Yet John O’Donoghue, the rock of Caherciveen, looked decidedly sheepish as he made like Bryan Adams on the grounds of Muckross House in Killarney on Monday.

It was all part of a bizarre publicity stunt to generate media coverage for the town’s Summerfest next June.

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Courts Place: Caherciveen Place: Muckross House Place: Killarney Person: O’Donoghue Person: Minister Person: , Sport and Tourism Person: John O’Donoghue Person: Bryan Adams Person: Marian Finucane Person: Fergus Sweeney Person: Fergus Person: David O’Brien Person: Leo O’Reilly Event: Summerfest Organisation: APB

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