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Wed 02 Feb 2008Harney's attendance at Super Bowl on US trip
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The Minister for Health, Mary Harney, attended the Super Bowl, the highlight of the American Football year, in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday night during a week-long trip to the United States for meetings with healthcare specialists in three cities.
In the Dáil last night Fine Gael TD Alan Shatter asked if the Minister's absence from an important Dáil debate on cystic fibrosis was due to her attendance at the Super Bowl.
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