The Sinn Fein president’s husband Martin Lanigan was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last year - while Mary was recovering from a hysterectomy
Mary Lou McDonald spoke publicly for the first time about her husband’s cancer diagnosis as well as her father’s recent passing on Morning Ireland .
READ MORE: Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald speaks out following hysterectomy and successful tumour removalShe continued: “I didn’t know what it was but I knew it was serious.” “It was one of those moments in life where literally everything got turned upside down,” Mary said, adding that she worried she would not be able to get her husband home to Ireland.
“We buried my father five weeks ago. Anyone who has lost their Da knows that it’s a very hard thing. It’s a complete game change.
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