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Liam Cosgrave RIP(Mod warning in op and #174)

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  • #32
    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »
    Oh yeah, forgot he was Taoiseach.

    I always thought he was the Lord lieutenant of Ireland.


  • #33
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,490 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    His faux Hitlerite ronnie was an embarrassment to da nation even though his best contribution to the history of this place contained the words:
    "Dis is no Mickey Mouse gubbermint"

    Yeah.


  • #34
    philstar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭philstar


    jojofizzio wrote: »
    I can understand Bertie needing the Garda at the gate..but as for the rest of them..is that level of security really necessary???

    if they were in office during the troubles, i think they may....i'm sure there's a few hardmen out there with a grudge


  • #35
    jojofizzio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,342 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    philstar wrote: »
    if they were in office during the troubles, i think they may....i'm sure there's a few hardmen out there with a grudge

    Maybe...would be interesting to know if anyone has ever "had a go" at an ex-Taoiseach..or is it at this stage something that's just done as it has become customary??


  • #36
    The_Valeyard
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    Juran wrote: »
    To: The valeyard..... poor him, having to deal with contraception which affected women back then ... not the old men in his Dail which we see on old RTÉ news footage tonight.
    may he Rot in Peace ....

    Couldnt figure out the quote button?

    Think you will find Contraception affected men also. Prevent STDs and unwanted pregnancy. Was a long road for liberalisation of it.


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  • #37
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 745 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Like most here I'm sure, I'm much too young to remember him. The mid-1970s when he was Taoiseach would have been a tough time to be in charge, with the Troubles, inflation, unemployment, petrol shortages, budget problems etc. He seems dour and stern from old footage but from the odd clip I've seen of him in recent years he seems to have had a bit of a sense of humour. He also strikes me as someone who wouldn't have been corruptible, and whose motives for being in public life were essentially good, although maybe I'm wrong.


  • #38
    Woodville56
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    Juran wrote: »
    To: The valeyard..... poor him, having to deal with contraception which affected women back then ... not the old men in his Dail which we see on old RTÉ news footage tonight.
    may he Rot in Peace ....

    How magnanimous of you - bet you feel better getting that rant of your chest - so how much have you done for your country that you feel competent to insult and demean one who is no longer able to defend himself and who has , by general consensus, been a decent and competent politician. I wouldn’t be a supporter of the Cosgrave era but don’t feel the need to disrespect the dead despite political different views. Fine to be critical of his politics but why the need for the personal insult ?


  • #39
    Juran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Juran


    And were the men affected by unwanted pregnancies???? You should ask the girls in the laundry houses or those who fled to England ...... "also affected men" .. please ....
    the road didn't have to be so long if the like of cosgrove and pals and Catholic Church were not in power ...


  • #40
    Rumpy Pumpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭Rumpy Pumpy


    Great man for going to the races up until a few years ago.


  • #41
    Juran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Juran


    to deny human rights is to challenge humanity.... quote nelson Mandela..


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  • #42
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Juran wrote: »
    To: The valeyard..... poor him, having to deal with contraception which affected women back then ... not the old men in his Dail which we see on old RTÉ news footage tonight.
    may he Rot in Peace ....

    You sound lovely.
    Untitled Image




  • #43
    Juran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Juran


    Tell that to the Dublin and Monaghan bombing victims and their families ... he stopped the investigation and didn't allow any findings to be published ....


  • #44
    FTA69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭FTA69


    His government introduced censorship in Ireland, banning Republicans from the airways and denying a voice to elected representatives. He also refused in any way to properly investigate collusion in the Dublin/Monaghan bombings which was one of the biggest mass murders in the history of the state. I've little time for his political legacy to be honest.


  • #45
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,701 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    Atoms for Peace wrote: »
    I always thought he was the Lord lieutenant of Ireland.

    he was never taoiseach as the constitution wasntvwritten atvthat point
    Dev is the first T


  • #46
    dealornodeal23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭dealornodeal23


    Rest in peace Mr Cosgrave


  • #47
    EndaHonesty
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    Born 1920.

    Elected to Dail 1943.

    Retired 1977.

    Died 2017.

    What. A. Country.


  • #48
    Uosdwis R. Dewoh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭Uosdwis R. Dewoh


    EndaHonesty wrote: »
    Born 1920.

    Elected to Dail 1943.

    Retired 1977.

    Died 2017.

    What. A. Country.
    Wouldn't have been a fan, but can't blame the country for him living to a very old age I suppose.


  • #49
    Roadtoad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 905 ✭✭✭Roadtoad


    Interestingly (?) as Taoiseach for four years, he served under four Presidents, all FF stock. ( go on, name them without looking them up).


  • #50
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,974 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    De Valera - term ended
    Childers - died in office
    O'Dalaigh - resigned
    Hillery

    What do I win?

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #51
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,701 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    Roadtoad wrote: »
    Interestingly (?) as Taoiseach for four years, he served under four Presidents, all FF stock. ( go on, name them without looking them up).

    dev childers hillary and i dont remember


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  • #52
    Mirafiori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭Mirafiori


    EndaHonesty wrote: »
    Born 1920.

    Elected to Dail 1943.

    Retired 1977.

    Died 2017.

    What. A. Country.

    He retired in 1981 at age 61.


  • #53
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,701 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    De Valera - term ended
    Childers - died in office
    O'Dalaigh - resigned
    Hillery

    What do I win?
    Tigger wrote: »
    dev childers hillary and i dont remember

    thats the one


  • #54
    lukesmom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,401 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    Uosdwis R. Dewoh wrote: »
    Wouldn't have been a fan, but can't blame the country for him living to a very old age I suppose.

    I took it that he meant What a c u next tuesday


  • #55
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,372 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    He was born before the formation of the Free State


  • #56
    Outlaw Pete
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    Sorry to hear that. He was great as Davos Seaworth.


  • #57
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A grey, dull, listless period in Irish political history, sandwiched between figures like Lemass, Lynch, FitzGerald, Haughey, right up to Reynolds, who, like them or not, provoked far more debate. Suspect the reaction of many will be "he died? Didn't realise he was still around".


  • #58
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Deleted User wrote: »
    A grey, dull, listless period in Irish political history, sandwiched between figures like Lemass, Lynch, FitzGerald, Haughey, right up to Reynolds, who, like them or not, provoked far more debate. Suspect the reaction of many will be "he died? Didn't realise he was still around".

    Not totally, just reading now it seems he was the one who forced O'Dallaigh out of office, which was a memorable incident


  • #59
    mickdw
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    Delete post


  • #60
    Bishopsback
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    Not totally, just reading now it seems he was the one who forced O'Dallaigh out of office, which was a memorable incident

    Not sure of that now! But RIP Liam Cosgrave, an underated politician and a great intellect.


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  • #61
    Roadtoad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 905 ✭✭✭Roadtoad


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    De Valera - term ended
    Childers - died in office
    O'Dalaigh - resigned
    Hillery

    What do I win?

    Back-stage pass to Halls Pictorial Weekly (VAT on children's shoes tonight)


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