Burton: I’m no Tammy Wynette

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton declared she was “no Tammy Wynette” in an apparent coded reference that she would not stand by her Cabinet colleague James Reilly unquestioningly.

Fri, 28 Sep, 2012 - 01:00
Paul O’Brien,  Political Editor

Ms Burton said she had confidence in the Fine Gael health minister but only after being pushed several times on the issue by Fianna Fáil.

After Sinn Féin then claimed she was “standing by her man”, she responded: “I am no Tammy Wynette”.

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