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Michael Noonan thinks his eye makes him look like Johnny Sexton

The Minister is “fine” after undergoing treatment for an eye condition over the weekend.

MICHAEL NOONAN UNDERWENT treatment for an eye condition over the weekend but “he’s fine”, a Department of Finance spokesperson said today.

Noonan arrived at a crucial two-day meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels today sporting a discoloured and sore-looking eye:

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The Finance Minister joked to reporters that he was “imitating Johnny Sexton” after the Ireland fly-half sustained a nasty cut to his eye in the weekend 6 Nations win over France.

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We’ll leave the rugby/politics puns and analogies to you in the comments…

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