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Article: ALBERT IN HIS OWN WORDS; Ex-taoiseach reveals how Bertie Ahern reneged on his promise over the Aras, his joy at seeing Cowen follow his footsteps and why Bertie and Haughey came up with that infamous 'Country and Western' tag; 'I'll also support your presidential candidacy on the condition that you run in the election'.(Features)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- August 29, 2009
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Byline: by Jason O'Toole
ALBERT Reynolds sipped his glass of Chianti and smiled benignly at me across the table of the Four Seasons dining room. Mr Reynolds revealed how he was recently encouraged by his doctor to take up drinking the occasional glass of red wine for health reasons.
It was a surprising revelation, the former taoiseach was a lifelong teetotaller until he retired from politics. But this wasn't the only surprising revelation I gleaned in the course of a fascinating, threehour exclusive interview in the runup to the publication of his autobiography.
It was the first time Mr Reynolds had ever spoken in depth to a journalist about ...