FF defends Tánaiste over press conferences

FIANNA Fáil has defended Tánaiste Mary Coughlan’s absence from the party’s press conferences on Lisbon, insisting nothing should be read into it.

“I certainly wouldn’t read anything into who is up here on a platform and who isn’t,” Social Affairs Minister Mary Hanafin insisted at the latest Fianna Fáil press conference.

“It’s more about who’s actually out there on the ground getting the message across.”