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JUSTICE Minister Helen McEntee has confirmed that she is expecting a baby, making her the first cabinet minister in state history to become pregnant during her tenure.
s McEntee, 34, announced on her Instagram account on Saturday that she is pregnant. “It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas … Last Christmas as a duo, albeit #babyonboard # excited,” he wrote.
A spokesperson for the minister said: “Minister McEntee and her husband Paul are delighted to be expecting their first child, who will be born in May 2021.”
The Fine Gael TD for Meath East was appointed cabinet in June.
She is one of only 22 women who have served as a senior government minister since the founding of the state and is currently one of only three women who is a full minister in the current coalition government.
McEntee married Hickey, who was a parliamentary aide for Fine Gael TD and former education minister Joe McHugh, in 2017.
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