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Article: Haugheyzelski. (Charles Haughey)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 24, 1989
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Ireland
Haugheyzelski
THE thing to understand about Ireland is that sometimes it gets very Polish. Mr Charles Haughey, the prime minister, called a general election for June 15th. Like General Wojciech Jaruzelski, he was humiliated by the voters but will still stay in power. As the Poles know, and as the Irish are about to find out, that is an awkward position for a politician trying to run an unhappy country with a crippled economy.
Mr Haughey called the election on May 25th, when things looked better. His minority Fianna Fail government's popularity in the opinion polls was nearly double that of the main opposition party, Fine Gael. The ...