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Who are our best 3 and worst 3 Taoiseach ever?

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list to choose from:

WT Cosgrave
Éamon de Valera
John A. Costello
Seán Lemass
Jack Lynch
Liam Cosgrave
Charles Haughey
Garret FitzGerald
Albert Reynolds
John Bruton
Bertie Ahern
Brian Cowen
Enda Kenny

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The Backwards Man

Best.

Fitzgerald
Liam Cosgrave
Kenny

Worst.
De Valera
Haughey
Ahern

*I'm not a FG supporter, I swear.

Dave!

Merkel

Someone was going to post that, it might as well be me...

[Deleted User]

Best: Costello, Lemass, Fitzgerald

Worst: de Valera, Reynolds, Cowen

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Best: Lemass
Ok ish :Fitzgerald

The rest were or are either corrupt, inept, or semi-dictators.

jim_jones

well we haven't had one real good one yet but in a case of least worse

1 . Cosgrave ( the first one )
2. lemass
3. Kenny

worst

1 . cowen
2 . aherne
3 . jack lynch

Howard Juneau

They're all barstewards who deserve to be dipped in shìt, burned at the stake & their ashes force fed to the rest of those useless knobs in the dáil

Mr.Micro

The worst

Haughey, De Valera, Ahern and Cowen, all equally the worst.

Kenny is doing OK IMO, a tough job, so too early to rate him.

Hedgemeister

Albert couldn't remember his own name (allegedly) when asked to give evidence in the High Court, but wrote his life story a few weeks later!
You couldn't make it up!

tayto lover

Haughey.
Aherne.
Cowan.

All the above ruined the country and had very dubious incomes and properties.

As for Kenny being mentioned as one of the best ..... ha ha ha refer to recent referendum.

FloatingVoter

Best
Dev (I lump him rather than like him but he was genuine)
Lemass (rebelled against the above and was undermined by the criminal Haughey).
Reynolds (starts the Peace process along with the equally under-rated John Major)
Honourable Mention : Garret the Good - just not cut out for politics

Worst
Haughey - a criminal and a thief.
Bertie Ahern - a criminal and a thief. Sue me and show me the dockets of the winning horses while you do, Bert.
Brian Cowen - a small town accountant - you don't belong with the other pair but your predecessor put you there.

Don't Know
WT Cosgrave
John A. Costello

The rest are non-entities who won't even make footnotes.

Riddle101

Best: WT Cosgrave and Sean Lemass

Worst: Charles Haughey and Bertie Aherne

K-9

Best:
1. Lemass
2. Bruton
3. WT Cosgrave

Lemass had a lot of luck on his side and in many ways was the right man at the right time, Bruton similar.

Worst:
1. Aherne
2. Cowen
3. Liam Cosgrave

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Don't Know
WT Cosgrave
John A. Costello

The rest are non-entities who won't even make footnotes.

WT Cosgrave helped establish the state which was no mean feat, the main criticism seems to be conservative values and influence of the Church. Hard to know about Costello, 2 fractious Governments and he did bow to the Church in the Mother and child scheme, but on his side he appointed Whittaker as head of the Dept. of Finance and the start of the economic plans, which Lemass benefitted from.

hansfrei

I'm thinking none of them are as bad as O'Bama.

Cody Pomeray

3 best

Éamon de Valera
Charles Haughey
Garret FitzGerald

3 worst

Éamon de Valera
Charles Haughey
Garret FitzGerald

The rest were pure filler.

people think cosgrave was a good leader? wt..f?

TeddyTedson

1. Lemass (Although wasn't it the sectary of the Department of Finance that had a lot to do with the IDA.
2. Cosgrave
3. Jack Lynch

1. Cowen
2. BBertie
3. DeValera

Santa Cruz

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Best.

Fitzgerald
Liam Cosgrave
Kenny

Worst.
De Valera
Haughey
Ahern

*I'm not a FG supporter, I swear.

Fitzgerald, Loans wiped out by his pals in Allied Irish Banks. Anyone else and the media would have hung them out.
Kenny YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS

Liam Cosgrave OK He did what it says on the tin.

Anyone who nominates De Valera obviously have never read history and are relying on stereotype.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Santa Cruz wrote: »

Fitzgerald, Loans wiped out by his pals in Allied Irish Banks. Anyone else and the media would have hung them out.
Kenny YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS

Liam Cosgrave OK He did what it says on the tin.

Anyone who nominates De Valera obviously have never read history and are relying on stereotype.

The tin must have said set up a police state and suspend human and civil rights!

FloatingVoter

TeddyTedson wrote: »

1. Lemass (Although wasn't it the sectary of the Department of Finance that had a lot to do with the IDA.

TK Whitaker - still with us at nearly 100 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._K._Whitaker). Basically a founding father of some of the good bits of modern Ireland.

jjbrien

Best

Fitzgerald
Bruton
Lemass

If I had an option id put Michael Collins but her never made it that far but without him we would still be in the UK today

Worst
Dev
Bertie (A nice guy but enjoyed the good life too much and didnt run the country)
Cowen

irishfeen

Best:

Lemass- FF
Fitzgearld - FG
Lynch - FF

Worst:
Haughey (Corrupt Bastard) - FF
Ahern (Corrupt Bastard) - FF
DeValera (His heart was in the right place but as a leader kicking on from partition he was a failure and made the country very backward) - FF

padd b1975

Best.

Lemass.

Fitzgerald.

Kenny.

Worst.

Cowen.

Bertie.

Haughey.

Best Taoiseach we never had- Donogh O' Malley.

onemorechance

K-9 wrote: »

Best:
1. Lemass
2. Bruton
3. WT Cosgrave

Lemass had a lot of luck on his side and in many ways was the right man at the right time, Bruton similar.

Worst:
1. Aherne
2. Cowen
3. Liam Cosgrave

John Bruton is one of the most under-appreciated I think. Fine Gael deposing him with Michael Noonan was one of the worst moves in the history of party politics.

tayto lover

How can anyone put Kenny as a great Taoiseach?

The man wouldn't even debate his own Referendum proposal and is surrounded and protected in order to prevent him making a clown of himself in public.
He is afraid of his life of Vincent Browne too.

Mark Twain

Best:

FitzGerald
Lemass
Bruton

Worst:

Ahern
Lynch
Cowen (more what he did while finance minster than as an ineffectual captain of a sinking ship).

I think the history books are going to look very kindly on Enda Kenny.

Karl Stein

John Bruton?

Seriously?

efb

Lemass best by a country mile.

Reynolds and Fitzgerald after

Worst:

Ahern
Cowen
Bruton

I am divided on Haughey

Eight Ball

Cant really say any have had the nations interest at heart before their own. Ahern and Kenny are joint top for being the worst with Kenny maybe ahead by a nose. It's the fact he's a terrible coward who wont discuss anything that disgusts me.

Karl Stein

Albert Reynolds doesn't get near enough credit for helping to push the Peace Process forward.

irishfeen

efb wrote: »

Lemass best by a country mile.

Reynolds and Fitzgerald after

Worst:

Ahern
Cowen
Bruton

I am divided on Haughey

:eek:

Turpentine

Bertie got to be our worst Taoiseach three times in a row. Does that count.