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Dr Garret Fitzgerald has passed away

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    #32
    sink
    Registered Users Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    RIP

    I was too young to remember his time in office, but I have developed a great respect for him through his considered opinions in the media. He is a great loss to the country.


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    #33
    Skyrim
    Registered Users Posts: 516 ✭✭✭Skyrim


    He took part in an interview down in U.L only about 3 months ago, was amazed at all the notes he brought with him, very intellectual guy, just shows how quick things can change. R.I.P.


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    #34
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    RIP Garret FitzGerald 1926-2011


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    #35
    Revolution9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,743 ✭✭✭Revolution9


    Was he in Dublin Castle last night for the Queen's dinner?

    RIP


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    #36
    jmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,147 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    RIP Dr Garrett Fitzgerald.

    A man who tried to drag the country into the 20th century.

    He may not have been a great politican, but that was because he actually stood for something and had principles so unlike his long time nemesis.
    rorymcgrory wrote: »
    Whos Garry Fitzgerald?
    Fago! wrote: »
    Sorry, but who is he?

    It pains me that one of our most forward social thinking taoisigh is not known.
    So much for our civic and political education.


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    #37
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Can I ask people to keep politics (positive and negative) out of this. There will be time enough to consider his political impact in due course... but the man died this morning and in my honest opinion, every person's passing should be respected. Thank you.

    DeV.


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    #38
    mprgst78
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭mprgst78


    DeVore wrote: »
    Can I ask people to keep politics (positive and negative) out of this. There will be time enough to consider his political impact in due course... but the man died this morning and in my honest opinion, every person's passing should be respected. Thank you.

    DeV.

    I respectfully disagree. Why should the man not be judged? I believe he would be insulted if people were prevented from expressing their opinions.


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    #39
    Mr. K
    Registered Users Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭Mr. K


    I actually drove him briefly back in late February, lovely man. RIP.


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    #40
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    mprgst78 wrote: »
    I respectfully disagree. Why should the man not be judged? I believe he would be insulted if people were prevented from expressing their opinions.

    There's a thread already setup for discussion of FitzGerald's politics and legacy:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056273370

    It's called "Garrett FitzGerald's Career & Political Legacy"


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    #41
    mprgst78
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭mprgst78


    gambiaman wrote: »
    There's a thread already setup for discussion of FitzGerald's politics and legacy:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056273370

    It's called "Garrett FitzGerald's Career & Political Legacy"

    Thanks


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    #42
    henryporter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭henryporter


    RIP Garret - A great patriot and a great leader. It is genuinely a sad day.


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    #43
    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭bmaxi


    Truly sad to hear about Garret, a real gentleman and a reminder that politics wasn't always the murky business his successors have made it.


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    #44
    Lemming
    Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Very sad to hear; RIP.


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    #45
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    RIP, a great loss.


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    #46
    caseyann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,941 ✭✭✭caseyann


    rorymcgrory wrote: »
    Whos Garry Fitzgerald?
    Fago! wrote: »
    Sorry, but who is he?

    What in world are they teaching in schools these days :eek:



    R.I.P :( condolences to all his family and friends.A true gentleman, i was lucky enough to meet him a few times.


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    #47
    InigoMontoya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭InigoMontoya


    RIP.

    I wish we had more politicians of his calibre.


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    #48
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Rest in Peace, Garret Fitzgerald. Truly a big loss, and will be greatly missed by us all.

    Heard this little quote today and gave a little chuckle inside;

    Garret couldn’t tell a lie, Charlie couldn’t tell the truth and Bertie couldn’t tell the difference.

    RIP Garret, and thanks for everything. :)


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    #49
    wazzoraybelle
    Registered Users Posts: 659 ✭✭✭wazzoraybelle


    R.I.P.

    A politician with real integrity, a scarce attribute these days.


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    #50
    applejam
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    Rest in Peace Dr Fitzgerald


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    #51
    leincar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 683 ✭✭✭leincar


    DeVore wrote: »
    RIP.

    The mods here and I were invited to Brussels a while back as you might recall and Mr Fitzgerald was on that trip. I was privileged enough to share a few meals with the man and we talked about Ireland of the 80s when I would have been a teen/student and he was Taoiseach.

    I was staggered by the mans simple humanity, humility and his considerable intellect. He covered topics from economics to history to logic with consummate ease and grace. He was vibrantly alive and took joy in everything around him. I remember vividly we we deep in conversation about the impact Margret Thatcher when the soup arrived, and he looked at me with real joy in his eyes and said "ohhh, I *love* soup!" like a schoolboy who'd gotten a jelly & icecream desert.

    I remember thinking "I hope when I'm 85, I've had a life like yours and can still take joy in the simple things in life, like soup."

    God rest your soul Mr Fitzgerald, you were an astonishing man.

    Tom.

    What a lovely post.

    I had the honour and pleasure of meeting Dr Fitzgerald on a number of occassions over the last fifteen years, he never forget who I was, always remembered that I had worked at Wembley on Live Aid, always suggested it was time to come back to Ireland and always said I had my hands full with five daughters.

    He will be greatly missed. I do already.


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    #52
    K-9
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    True gentleman and I always remember him being on Question Time on the BBC, must have been around the time of the divorce referendum in 95 as they asked him about it.

    He said something along the lines of "as a romantic I don't believe in divorce, but as a realist divorce should be a reality". Reminds me of my Dad, a FF supporter but who liked and respected Garret, a gentleman recognising another.

    Wouldn't have been a supporter of his at the time but Ireland could do with another reforming agenda of his time, I don't think we'll get it as it's all spin and market research these days.

    RIP, you definitely did the state some service.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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    #53
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,677 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    I like how Garret went to see Charlie Haughey in the weeks before Haughey died. I also like the stories where people talked about his huge intellect, but that he was humble and saw it as gift to inform and enlighten people rather than a weapon to diminish and belittle others as some intellectuals are fond of doing. It seems he did not merely stuff his cabinet with people whom he liked and shared the same worldview. That's one of the hallmarks of a true leader in my opinion. He'll have many people at his funeral who didn't share his political outlook, but who will want to be there out of respect and admiration for who he was a person. In the end that's the most important thing.


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