Other teenagers hung posters of Bowie and the Stones on their bedroom walls. She stuck up photos of politicians and went on to become the first female press director for Fianna Fáil
He remembers her late father driving around on the election campaign trail for Fianna Fáil, and Mary was always in the back seat, observing everything. “She had a great interest in public affairs, loved public meetings, loved the cut and thrust,” he said.
Her former Irish Press colleague Stephen Collins described her as “a joyous presence” in the office. Other colleagues remembered a warm, witty and clever journalist. Kerrigan returned to the Sunday Press as deputy editor and news editor in 1995. However, it was a short-lived stint as, two weeks later, it was announced that the newspaper group was facing closure.
She also provided counsel for the Department of Education in the hearings of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, set up in 2000 to investigate child abuse in institutions.
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