Haughey seriously ill…
RTE reports that after being taken in to hospital last night Charlie Haughey is seriously ill in hospital.
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“Mr Haughey was admitted to the Mater Private Hospital…” within a stone’s throw of Mountjoy Prison, ah what might have been.
When he goes there’ll be the usual claptrap about the “end of an era”.
Unfortunately, it won’t be.
An in it for himself kind of guy…..
*Allegedly*, Yokel
Before my time but I’m told that he used to headbang at Wolfe Tones gigs to show his republican creds. Can’t get my head around that image somehow.
He was a politician wasn’t he? Ipso facto….
There is an interesting story of how Haughey first raised his head into politics. It goes that he and a group of mates removed a union flag from the gates of Trinity College Dudlin and replaced it with a tricolor along with an ensuing protest and somewhat of a riot. It was victory in Europe day I believe. Something of a trouble maker even back then!
That VE day incident is famous but I was unaware that Haughey was there. Is that true?
Parnell..who knows but you know how most of it goes…legend, exaggeration..
Has there ever been anyone in Irish politics who made a name for themselves by a concilitary gesture? The Haughey story is an mirror image of young Ian’s first forays into politics. Get everyone scared and fighting and then take charge.
Paul,
On Haughey and VE Day, I believe it all kicked off after the Trinity students burnt the Irish tricolour.
Paul: “Has there ever been anyone in Irish politics who made a name for themselves by a concilitary gesture?”
Not a word about the teapot The Boss gave Maggy. Shame.