Thank you for sharing. Two of the most important politicians to hold the office of Taoiseach.
@bmf7807
2 жыл бұрын
As a non-Irish viewer Haughey here radiates malevolence. Is that how it seemed at the time? Fitzgerald seems like a decent guy but I’m watching out of context so not sure if my view is well founded. Would love to know what Irish viewers thought/think.
@craw.54
2 жыл бұрын
Haughey had many mistakes, however he was better than Fitzgerald than a mile. Although Fitzgerald was notably quite a gentleman to everyone.
@bmf7807
2 жыл бұрын
@@craw.54 Thanks for that Craw. Would love to know more about why you believe Haughey was better than Fitzgerald.
@bquinn4533
Жыл бұрын
Haughey was a deeply malign, cancerous element of Irish political life over many decades. A throughly corrupt tax avoider.
@bmf7807
Жыл бұрын
@@bquinn4533 Thank you. Was that the view at the time?
@bquinn4533
Жыл бұрын
Most people took sides. Either for or against him. Opinion polls at the time showed 40% of his own party’s supporters didn’t want him as Taoiseach. He had a propensity for violence and thuggery always carried out by his ‘bottom feeder’ acolytes. If anyone reading this doesn’t believe me - can I remind you he had Jim Gibbons beaten up in the grounds of the dail and Ben Briscoe had to have a Police escort to the Dail.
@gadai4609
2 жыл бұрын
I do not have, nor can I find, the full debate, sadly this version got stuck 20 minutes in everytime I tried to watch
@martinwalsh3228
2 жыл бұрын
All 3 elections June 1981, February & November 1982 should be online upload all 3 this is Today Tonight.
@johnnotrealname8168
4 ай бұрын
Once again a useless debate but the surprising thing is that all of them were terrible leaders. Edit: How has Garret Desmond FitzGerald aged so much in so few months?
@aaronbourke7621
2 жыл бұрын
FG-Labour 82-87 government is by far one of the worst seen In this country in my opinion
@paulosullivan7920
2 жыл бұрын
I think FF-Green-PD-Ind 2007-11 government was worse. FG-Lab 82-87 inherited an economic mess from FF.
@aaronbourke7621
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulosullivan7920 FF-PD '97-11 I'd agree with ya there.. the house was burning down slowly but surely by the time the '07 election came
@craw.54
2 жыл бұрын
sounds like something a blueshirt would say
@bquinn4533
Жыл бұрын
You are clearly approximately 75 years of age minimum and the last of the Haughey apologists.
@aaronbourke7621
Жыл бұрын
@@bquinn4533 24 probably younger than you but anyway
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