Mr Cooney read the article headlined: "Mandy aims for a shock."
It stated:"The sexual shenanigans of Mandy Rice-Davis in the Profumo Affair brought the British government to its knees in 1964. Now another Mandy hopes to topple John Bruton from his perch. She is the lovely Mandy Johnston, Fianna Fáil's second press officer drafted in to help Marty Whelan.
"One Mandy brought down a government and I hope to do the same, the Longford lass proclaimed on her appointment. As Bertie Ahern's batgirl she will be beavering away trying to knock chunks off the Coalition in the run-up to the next election.
"The Profumo Affair was later made into a feature film Scandal, starring Bridget Fonda as Mandy and Joanne Whalley as Christine Keeler.
Scandal is best remembered for the famous nude shot of Christine Keeler sitting astride a chair.
"But since Mandy refused to send us in a topless photo we were stuck with using this one."
