Making a right charlie of McCreevy

Now that the Minister for Finance has announced his Budget day of December 3rd - and you read it here first - the Margin wishes…

Now that the Minister for Finance has announced his Budget day of December 3rd - and you read it here first - the Margin wishes to advise all those who will be sending in their Budget requests on the correct way of spelling the Minister's name.

Having checked with Fianna Fail's website, the Margin got two different spellings, McCreevey and McGreevy. We then checked the Taoiseach's spelling when he announced his new Government - McCreevey. Oh dear. It is, of course, McCreevy. Isn't it?

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