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===Minister for Social and Family Affairs===
On 7 May 2008, Hanafin was appointed as [[Minister for
During the course of the [[2009 Irish local elections|2009 local elections]], Hanafin became embroiled in a number of controversies. In late May Hanafin became embroiled in further controversy when a national newspaper ran a story claiming her office had again used taxpayer-funded resources to promote O'Brien in correspondence to voters in the Dún Laoghaire constituency.<ref name="Evening Herald">{{cite news|url=https://www.herald.ie/news/hanafin-backs-her-man-but-ditches-devlin-on-party-ticket-27912934.html|title=Hanafin backs her man – but ditches Devlin on party ticket|newspaper=Evening Herald|date=26 May 2009|first=Cormac |last=Murphy|access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref> O'Brien was not elected at those local elections.
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