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Thu 04 Apr 2010Scowls speak louder than howls in frosty reception for Minister
A lone cry of ‘treason’ at the mention of further ‘adjustments’ to public expenditure was all that cut the silence that greeted Mary Coughlan’s speech, writes LOUISE HOLDEN
THERE WAS an eerie silence as Mary Coughlan walked into the West County Hotel yesterday. One distracted TUI delegate standing in the doorway was momentarily star struck and raised his hands to clap but quickly masked the gesture with a stroke of his beard.
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