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Haughey polluted the air of Irish politics. His rules were his own, his vanity was breathtaking
The Daily Telegraph (UK) ^
| June18, 2006
| By Henry Kelly
Posted on 06/18/2006 7:26:22 PM PDT by aculeus
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posted on
06/18/2006 7:26:27 PM PDT
by
aculeus
To: Irish_Thatcherite
He was some piece of work.
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posted on
06/18/2006 7:27:12 PM PDT
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
I get the feeling that Henry Kelly doesn't like him.
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posted on
06/18/2006 7:39:13 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: aculeus
Excellent obituary - really captures the spirit of the man and his admirers, has some (biting) humour, anecdotes of his life and times, well done!
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posted on
06/18/2006 7:53:50 PM PDT
by
RandyRep
To: aculeus
Given the vicissitudes of Irish history, it sounds to me as though he was all too Irish.
5
posted on
06/18/2006 7:56:03 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: aculeus
The Irish never met a grudge they didn't like.
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posted on
06/18/2006 11:10:47 PM PDT
by
Apercu
("Res ipsa loquitur")
To: aculeus
Does Lard Ass Kennedy get a State Funeral? How soon????
I reckon he might get a similar obituary, too!
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posted on
06/19/2006 1:41:14 AM PDT
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Apercu
That was Frank McCourt's (author of Angela's Ashes) humorous take on Irish Alzheimers -- you forget everything but the grudge.
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posted on
06/19/2006 1:46:52 AM PDT
by
laconic
To: aculeus
I first met Haughey in 1968. He was a mean little bastard then and maintained that through the rest of his life and death.
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posted on
06/19/2006 3:08:22 AM PDT
by
leadhead
(It’s a duty and a responsibility to defeat them. But it's also a pleasure)
To: aculeus
A strange combination - a strongly anglophile Irishman who greatly disliked Unionists!
To: aculeus
A strange combination - a strongly anglophile Irishman who greatly disliked Unionists!
To: aculeus
Never had any use for the sucker.
12
posted on
06/19/2006 4:31:10 AM PDT
by
Jameison
To: aculeus
Good article - puts everything in perspective about the so called 'lovable rogue'
13
posted on
06/19/2006 4:39:14 AM PDT
by
Colosis
(Der Elite Møøsenspåånkængruppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK) IRA = Ragheads)
To: aculeus; Happygal; Colosis; Black Line; Cucullain; SomeguyfromIreland; Youngblood; Fergal; Cian; ...
He was some piece of work. Selling arms to the Hibernofascists was bad enough on it's own!
BTW.. I notice I can't find any 'compromising' pics of Haughey on Google.ie...
*tries Yahoo*
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posted on
06/19/2006 10:56:53 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: aculeus
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posted on
06/19/2006 11:57:27 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: aculeus
Wrong. After his disastrous economic policies it took people like Dr Garret FitzGerald and John Bruton, both Fine Gael Taoiseachs, to right his wrongs. It's amazing an Irishman has to write the truth in a British newspaper.
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posted on
06/19/2006 12:58:08 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Cicero
I get the feeling that Henry Kelly doesn't like him. I don't like him either.
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posted on
06/19/2006 12:58:51 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Aussie Dasher
Kennedy is a good comparison! ;)
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posted on
06/19/2006 1:00:03 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: leadhead
I first met Haughey in 1968. He was a mean little bastard then and maintained that through the rest of his life and death. I have to give him credit for consistency!! LOL
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posted on
06/19/2006 1:01:07 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Jameison
Never had any use for the sucker. Good thing - you were better to save your money for something worthwhile! ;)
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posted on
06/19/2006 1:02:32 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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