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Full coverage: Charles Haughey

“Haughey was a bit of a silverback gorilla. He had to be in charge”

Garret Fitzgerald spoke of Charles Haughey’s ‘flawed pedigree’, but the two men shaped modern Ireland. Eoin O’Malley talks to Dion Fanning about the era when the two men dominated Irish life.

Dion Fanning
4th Oct, 2025 - 6 min read

Gary Murphy: Fianna Fáil were once a social movement, but are now an ordinary party in search of a big idea

In the first of a series of political essays, Gary Murphy, author of Haughey, considers the conditions that led to the collapse of the party's vote and what its future is.

Gary Murphy
17th Mar, 2022 - 9 min read

“It cost me friendships. It cost me business. It cost me time taking on Charlie”

Businessman Paul Mackay battled Charles Haughey over his finances and was a founding member of the Progressive Democrats. More recently, he has sought to highlight the massive erosion in value at the Irish Credit Bureau. He tells his story to Tom Lyons.

Tom Lyons
22nd Feb, 2022 - 9 min read

A man in full: Negotiating the Anglo-Irish Agreement, the genius of Tony Ryan and Castro’s Irish fascination

Michael Lillis has led an extraordinary life from his role as a civil servant to his period as a key executive with Guinness Peat Aviation. There were audiences with the pope, Franco and Castro and a lot more in between.

Sam Smyth
29th Sep, 2021 - 20 min read
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