Heaven forbid

Fianna Fail guru P.J. Mara has given a dire warning

Fianna Fail guru P.J. Mara has given a dire warning. Addressing the Marketing Society's Christmas lunch, he called on those present to play a more active role in politics. If marketing professionals ignored a call to lend expertise and express their philosophies, the political arena would be left to "ex-social workers with beards". So there.

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