When your stock and trade is communications and you can charge €450 an hour, details are very important. When you are putting yourself up to contest the office of President of Ireland, they matter even more. When you are said candidate and you are addressing the media at the formal launch of your campaign, they matter a lot. Toward the end of his lengthy and sometimes testy press conference, Duffy was asked about why he wanted to be President. Duffy, perhaps, in error, said Joanne in reference to Joanne Hayes, who became a central figure in the Kerry Babies controversy.

Source: Irish Examiner October 03, 2018 04:30 UTC