"just a hoodie, jeans, a backpack and a student card"
"that was the end of that. So the day I left office, I had no driver, no state car, no secretarial support - you are on your own from that point,"
"That was one good reason among several for the word to get out that I was going to Rome to study,"
Mary McAleese remembers shaking hands with her garda driver and members of the Special Detective Unit as the definitive end of official protection. The day she left office she had no driver, no state car and no secretarial support and became responsible for herself. She went to Rome to pursue a doctorate in canon law and travelled with only a hoodie, jeans, a backpack and a student card. The sudden loss of state support was one reason among several for making her plans to study in Rome known. The choice contrasted presidential trappings with ordinary student life.
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