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Jun 19, 2024 · Charles Haughey was the taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland (1979–81; 1982; 1987–92). Haughey, the son of an officer in the original Irish Republican Army (IRA), attended University College Dublin, studying law and accounting.
1 day ago · 2024-07-05 - Joseph Joyce, journalist, writer and playwright, born 1 August 1947; died 6 June 2024. When a political exposé of phonetapping, misuse of police powers and corruption, The Boss: Charles J Haughey in Government, was published in 1983, it became the Irish bestseller that branded the image of a scandal-prone taoiseach (prime ...
Jun 10, 2024 · While typically fraught with tension, it was a family affair at a number of count centres across the country as mothers and sons, fathers and daughters looked to hoist one another up on to the ...
Jun 16, 2024 · Iain Dale talks to Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics at Dublin City University, about the life and career of Ireland’s most colourful and controversial Taoiseach, Charles J Haughey, who served as Taoiseach three times, from 1979-1981, 1982 and 1987-92.
2 days ago · The office of taoiseach (prime minister) was created by the Irish constitution of December 29, 1937. Executive power in the Irish government is vested in the taoiseach, who heads the cabinet and presides over its meetings.
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Jun 14, 2024 · Politics is a business of relationships, but some connections are closer to home than others – quite literally in the case of Ireland's numerous political dynasties.
Jun 27, 2024 · In May 1970, Irish politicians Charles Haughey, Neil Blaney, and John Kelly, Irish Army Captain James Kelly, and Belgian businessman Albert Luykx were acquitted during the Arms Crisis of smuggling weapons to the IRA during the beginning of the conflict.
