Death of Progressive Democrats founding member Bobby Molloy

Former Galway West TD and Fianna Fáil minister dies aged 80

Former government press officer Bart Cronin dies in Dublin

Close ally of FF minister George Colley in his early public service years

FF minister whose dislike of Haughey hurt his career

John O’Leary: May 3rd, 1933 - October 5th, 2015

Former Fianna Fáil TD John O’Leary dies aged 82

Veteran Kerry South politician and former minister of state published memoir this year

Bertie Ahern political assessment: An electoral phenomenon from the start

Despite controversy over personal finances he was one of most popular leaders in history of state

FF colleague claims Haughey knew phones were tapped

John O’Leary says in his memoirs he formed the view after meeting with Haughey

Haughey ‘vindictive’ and backed by thugs, former colleague says

Ex-Fianna Fáil TD and junior minister John O’Leary recalls former taoiseach in memoir

Charlie Haughey: Who’s who in RTÉ drama

Final episode of RTÉ1 series Charlie on late former taoiseach screens on Sunday night

Charlie’s people: who was who in the world of Charles Haughey

The real people behind the characters in ‘Charlie’, the TV drama based on the life of former taoiseach Charles Haughey

Canny and in control: TK Whitaker – Portrait of a Patriot

Review: Whitaker’s service to Ireland is well painted but author Anne Chambers’s treatment of her subject is a bit cosy

An echo from a grubby past

The Haughey factor: why Frank Aiken really retired from party politics

Jack Lynch’s decision to let Charles Haughey back into the fold led Aiken to walk away from the party he had served for 50 years

Fianna Fail, Partition and Northern Ireland, 1926-1971 by Stephen Kelly

Reviewed by Diarmaid Ferriter

Entrepreneurial spirit stifled by education

Column: Ireland’s education system reflects its legacy as a predominantly rural society with little first-hand knowledge of industry and technology

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