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Article: Jolly Haughey sticks. (Charles Haughey re-elected Prime Minister of Ireland)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 15, 1989
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Ireland Jolly Haughey sticks
IT IS so logical, which is why it is so surprising: Ireland is usually superior to logic. On July 12th Mr Charles Haughey, the leader of the largest conservative party, Fianna Fail, was re-elected prime minister after agreeing to form a coalition with the smallest conservative party, Mr Desmond O'Malley's Progressive Democrats. All six of its deputies are former members of Fianna Fail and two are former Fianna Fail ministers. Their policies for fixing the ailing economy, the main issue in Ireland, differ little from Fianna Fail's. Why has it taken a month of manoeuvring since the election of June 15th to bring the two parties ...