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# Political nostalgia

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Rough and tumble: Here are 7 times Irish politics got physical
Let’s have it then, Deputy…
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Mar 8th 2015, 6:30 PM
It's 20 years since Phil Hogan leaked the Budget and had to resign
The unassuming politician, as we all know, immediately bowed out of public life and hasn’t been heard from since…
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Feb 9th 2015, 10:50 AM
SPOILER ALERT: This is the infamous TV appearance that led to Charlie Haughey's downfall
If you’re not entirely familiar with the manner of Haughey’s real-life political downfall, perhaps don’t watch this just yet.
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Jan 18th 2015, 8:30 PM
Taoiseach told the Irish Ballet Company were 'embarrassingly bad'
Ouch.
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Jan 11th 2015, 5:30 PM
What did the Dáil do on their first day?
Got to know the place and got shown how to work the phones?
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Dec 21st 2014, 5:30 PM
Maybe Labour should canvass with donkeys ... it worked in the 1940s
It couldn’t hurt the party’s popularity rating.
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Dec 14th 2014, 6:30 PM
6 of the dirtiest insults thrown across the floors of the Dáil and Seanad
Featuring: Scumbags, fannies, turnips and a certain future Taoiseach.
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Dec 7th 2014, 6:30 PM
Bill Clinton turned on the Belfast Christmas lights 19 years ago today
“Peace has brought real change to your lives.”
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Nov 30th 2014, 5:30 PM
We'll just leave this old picture of Eamon Gilmore in a polo neck right here
High fashion.
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Nov 25th 2014, 10:05 AM
Check out this clip of Bertie Ahern talking about tax cheats in 1993
He wasn’t a fan.
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Nov 23rd 2014, 5:30 PM
Water charges were scrapped in the mid-'90s, but what exactly happened?
Boycotts, disconnections, court orders, and shocking by-elections – it was quite the ride for the Rainbow Coalition.
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Nov 9th 2014, 5:30 PM
'Dublin should not be allowed to play All-Ireland semi-finals in Croke Park'
The one-time promise of Cork Councillor Bernie Murphy.
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Nov 5th 2014, 9:00 PM
Check out this short video of Charlie Haughey telling us 'we're living way beyond our means'
“I wish to talk to you this evening about the state of the nation’s affairs and the picture I have to paint is not, unfortunately, a very cheerful one.”
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Nov 2nd 2014, 5:30 PM
Check out this short video of former taoiseach Jack Lynch singing 'De Banks'
A politician, a GAA star and a singer…
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Oct 26th 2014, 5:30 PM
Political nostalgia: Hands up who still has a Lucinda Creighton beermat? ... Anyone?
Come with us on a journey through time and space … to the early part of 2007.
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Oct 19th 2014, 5:30 PM
IN IMAGES: 'Blood from a f***ing stone' - a decade of Budgets
10 years in 15 seconds.
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Oct 12th 2014, 6:30 PM
So, here's what definitely WON'T be in Budget 2015...
We all partied… right?
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Oct 12th 2014, 5:30 PM
'Plain ... but not horsefaced' - the ideal 1960s female Garda
One ingenious way around the marriage bar? Ban good looking female gardaí.
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Oct 5th 2014, 5:30 PM
Back in time: Would you vote for THIS 'Ming'?
Now available in colour (and with hair).
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Sep 28th 2014, 5:30 PM
Check out the Fine Gael website in 1998 and John Bruton talking about 'surfing the internet'
Old school…
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Sep 17th 2014, 9:30 PM
Back in time: This 'Pizza Delivery' leaflet from the PDs is truly bizarre...
You’d be a fool to consider buying a pizza from anybody else. Especially when the ‘alternatives’ have names like ‘Cheese and Sleaze’…
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Sep 14th 2014, 5:30 PM
Back in time: Recognise this "medical doctor" posing with Keith Duffy?
Hint: It’s Leo Varadkar.
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Sep 10th 2014, 8:30 PM
"You won't say quiet to me, sir": Check out this 2007 clip of Enda clashing with a furious Ceann Comhairle
“Quiet now, you’re new in the job,” was the advice from Enda, setting off a reaction of Bishop Brennan-style proportions from John O’Donoghue.
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Sep 3rd 2014, 7:30 PM
Check out this video of Fianna Fáil minister Ray Burke 'baring his soul' to the Dáil in 1997
Four months after Fianna Fáil’s return to power, the new minister is embroiled in controversy.
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Aug 31st 2014, 5:30 PM
Check out this video of Albert Reynolds playing a small part in ending a hijacking crisis
It’s 1981 and the Minister for Transport is in the thick of a major stand off at a French airport.
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Aug 21st 2014, 6:00 PM
Check out this abortion debate between William Binchy and Mary Robinson in 1983
The controversial 8th Amendment has just been passed and two heavyweights from the pro-choice and pro-life sides go head-to-head.
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Aug 18th 2014, 9:30 PM
Check out this Dáil row between Charlie Haughey, Dick Spring and John Bruton in 1991
“Who wrote that rubbish?!”
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Aug 17th 2014, 5:15 PM
Here's what Seán Gallagher and Micheál Martin looked like when they had a bit more hair...
Ógra Fianna Fáil was a hip and happening organisation in 1984.
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Aug 10th 2014, 5:15 PM
Helicopter rides and cigars: Here's what dinner with Charlie Haughey was like in 1987
A touch of class from our former taoiseach.
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Aug 3rd 2014, 5:30 PM