The lights are on but Mary’s not home

THE Christmas lights were switched on at Leinster House yesterday in the presence of the Taoiseach and his fellow party leaders, but there was one notable absentee.

The lights are on but Mary’s not home
Thu, 29 Nov, 2007 - 00:00
Paul O’Brien,  Political Reporter

Health Minister Mary Harney, leader of the Progressive Democrats, could not be present.

She was attending a north-south health summit at Dublin Castle.

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