Mary, you can help save young lives by driving a sliothar through alcohol adverts

A PRIEST from Donegal, interviewed on TV, came across as a very decent but deeply concerned man who was trying to deal with the deaths of five young people at 3am a week ago last Saturday and another young man at 3am a week ago yesterday.

Mon, 17 Oct, 2005 - 01:00

At that moment, on the table in front of me, there was a newspaper with a photo of Health Minister Mary Harney striking a sliothar with a hurley.

She was in Croke Park to publicise a GAA drive against irresponsible drinking.

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