It was at UCD that Haughey became increasingly interested in politics and was elected Auditor of the Commerce and Economics Society.

On 5 July 1989 Haughey and O ' Malley agreed a deal for government, and O ' Malley was appointed Minister for Industry and Commerce.

Following revelations at the Moriarty Tribunal on 16 February 1999, in relation to Charles Haughey and his relationship with AIB, former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald confirmed that AIB and Ansbacher wrote off debts of almost £ 200, 000 that he owed in 1993, when he was in financial difficulties because of the collapse of the aircraft leasing company, GPA, in which he was a shareholder.

Haughey was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers at St. Joseph's secondary school in Fairview, where one of his classmates was George Colley, subsequently his cabinet colleague and rival in Fianna Fáil.

After selling his house in Raheny, in 1969 Haughey bought Abbeville, located at Kinsealy, north County Dublin, an historic house – once owned by Anglo-Irish politician John Beresford ( d. 1805 ) for whom it had been extensively re-designed by the architect James Gandon in the late 18th century.

Haughey purchased its existing estate of approximately 250 acres at the same time.

While living in Raheny, Haughey was first elected to the Dáil as a Fianna Fáil TD at the 1957 general election for the Dublin North – East constituency.

Upon Lynch's election as Taoiseach, Haughey was appointed Minister for Finance by Lynch in a Cabinet reshuffle, which indicated that Haughey's withdrawal was a gain at the expense of Colley.

Haughey was appointed Spokesman on Health and Social Welfare, a fairly minor portfolio at the time, but Haughey used the same imagination and skill he displayed in other positions to formulate innovative and far reaching policies.

Haughey was involved in the drafting of this at the time he was in office and had agreed to potential scenarios for improving the political situation of Northern Ireland.

On 30 January 1992, Haughey retired as leader of Fianna Fáil at a parliamentary party meeting.

" Haughey then returned to the backbenches before retiring from politics at the 1992 general election.

His son, Seán Haughey, was elected at that election in his father's old constituency.

Reynolds became interested in politics at the time of the Arms Crisis in 1970, a hugely controversial episode in modern Irish history which saw two Cabinet ministers, Neil Blaney and Charles Haughey, sacked from the government over an alleged attempt to import arms to Northern Ireland.

Reynolds gave him his support at all times and Haughey survived, defeating his opponents and critics within the party.

On 30 January 1992 Haughey officially retired as leader of Fianna Fáil at the parliamentary party meeting.

Albert Reynolds succession of Haughey as Taoiseach created tensions in the coalition and O ' Malley's party eventually withdrew from government when Reynolds accused O ' Malley of being " dishonest " in his evidence at the Beef Tribunal.

O ' Malley was on holiday in Spain at the time but rushed back to put his own name forward as a possible alternative to Haughey.

He was educated at St. Joseph's Christian Brothers School in Fairview where one of his classmates and closest friends was Charles Haughey, who later became his political arch rival.

In 1970 the outbreak of the Arms Crisis saw Kevin resign as minister and as secretary of Fianna Fáil in protest at the government's policy on Northern Ireland and in response to the sackings of Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney from the cabinet.

In the Morgan skit version, Haughey's visits to somewhere in the world, from Dublin to Dubai and elsewhere, would invariably cue after a few seconds the traditional music of the real advertisement, at which Haughey would begin " did I tell you, P. J., about my cousins in.

The Labour Party then entered a coalition government with Fianna Fáil, and thus returned Albert Reynolds, who had taken over as Taoiseach ( Prime Minister ) from Mr. Haughey at the beginning of the year, to power.

In the end Haughey survived as party leader, after being told at a meeting of the parliamentary party by Collins that Fianna Fáil had lost credibility due to his continued leadership.

Haughey was successful in the leadership contest and Doherty was rewarded by being appointed Minister of State at the Department of Justice from 1979 to 1981.

In response, nationalist students from University College Dublin, including future Taoiseach Charles Haughey, burned the British flag in Grafton Street.

During her time at University College Dublin she met her future husband Charles Haughey.

On VE-day Haughey and other UCD students burnt the British Union Jack on College Green, outside Trinity College, Dublin, in response to a perceived disrespect afforded the Irish tricolour among the flags hung by the College in celebration of the Allied victory which ended World War II.

The son of Charles Haughey and Maureen Lemass, Haughey was educated at St. Paul's College, Raheny, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Politics.

Haughey was re-elected in every election until 1992, he represented the Dublin North – East constituency from 1957 until 1973.

The constituency lines were redrawn under the Electoral ( Amendment ) Act 1974 in an attempt to secure re-election for the sitting Fine Gael-Labour Party government in the 1977 election and Haughey represented Dublin Artane in 1977, this constituency was abolished in 1981 and most of Haughey's electoral area was moved into the reformed Dublin North – Central constituency which he served from 1981 until his retirement in 1992.

During this tenure of Haughey, the GUBU Incidents, involving the Attorney General to his Government, occurred in Dublin.

In 1997 the public were shocked by allegations that Haughey had embezzled money that was a subvention to the Fianna Fáil Party ; money that was from central Government's taxpayer's funds for the operation of a political party and that he had spent large sums of these funds on Charvet shirts and expensive dinners in a top Dublin restaurant while preaching belt-tightening and implementing budget cuts as a national policy.

In August 2003 Haughey was forced to sell his large estate, Abbeville, in Kinsealy in north County Dublin for € 45 million to settle legal fees he had incurred during the tribunals.

O ' Brien returned to Ireland and in the 1969 general election was elected to Dáil Éireann as a member of the Labour Party, representing the Dublin North – East constituency together with three other TDs, including Charles Haughey, whose probity in financial matters he questioned.

For the following November 1982 general election, she decided not to seek re-election in Dublin South, transferring instead to the Clare constituency, where one of the sitting TDs, Bill Loughnane ( a fellow supporter of Haughey ), had died.

The absence was noted of Leader of the Opposition, Charles Haughey, and Lord Mayor of Dublin, Bertie Ahern, both represented by subordinates.

In 1987 she served as election agent and party treasurer in Dublin North for Seán Haughey.

* December 8-Taoiseach Charles Haughey meets with the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at Dublin Castle.

* March 18-The Northern Minister for Agriculture, Harry West attends a meeting with his Southern counterpart, Charles Haughey, in Dublin.

* 8 November-Seán Haughey, Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Dublin North – East, son of Charles Haughey and Maureen Haughey, grandson of Seán Lemass.

On 28 May 1970, Haughey and Blaney went on trial in Dublin, together with an Irish Army intelligence officer, Captain James Kelly, a Belfast republican leader named John Kelly and Belgian businessman and former Nazi Albert Luykx, who had allegedly agreed to use his contacts to acquire the weapons.

In return for supporting Haughey as Taoiseach, Gregory was guaranteed a massive cash injection for his inner-city Dublin constituency, an area beset by poverty and neglect.