O’Dea apologises for Dáil remarks

MINISTER Willie O’Dea yesterday apologised for remarks he made about TV3 crime correspondent Maura Derrane, the fiancée of Fine Gael justice spokesman John Deasy.

Fri, 27 Feb, 2004 - 00:00

Fionnán Sheahan, Political Correspondent

The junior justice minister appeared to suggest the day before that Ms Derrane favoured Mr Deasy in reports on TV3 news.

Referring to reports in yesterday morning’s newspapers, the minister of state made an apology to both Ms Derrane and the independent station.

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