VIDEO: Joan Burton calls Sharon Ní Bheoláin 'Karen' during live interview 4 years ago

VIDEO: Joan Burton calls Sharon Ní Bheoláin 'Karen' during live interview

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Tony Cuddihy

"Just let me say this, Karen."

And there we were thinking that Sharon Ní Bheoláin's name was known in every household throughout the country.

The outgoing Tánaiste, however, has no time for piffling things like getting people's names right as seen on this evening's Six-One News.

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