Singing TD says free prime-time publicity ‘a double-edged sword’

FREE publicity on primetime TV could lose you votes, You’re a Star contestant Dan Boyle TD, said yesterday.

Sun, 08 Oct, 2006 - 01:00
Senan Hogan

The Greens finance spokesman was part of The Politicians team voted off RTÉ’s Charity You’re A Star show.

Mr Boyle, with Fianna Fáil TD Billy Kelleher, Senator Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) and Senator Michael McCarthy (Labour) had reached the last five of ten acts.

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