Hanafin’s pain at losing love of her life

A TEARFUL Minister Mary Hanafin has opened up about the loneliness of life beyond politics since her husband’s, Eamon Leahy, death seven years ago.

Hanafin’s pain at  losing love of her life

She said after he died suddenly, while working on the Morris Tribunal, she was on her own. She found comfort in work and the support of her Fianna Fáil colleagues. Sometimes she finds life difficult without her husband of almost 18 years, she said.

“Obviously there are times when I am lonely and very alone, which is different from lonely.

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