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Haughey, seeking to weaken the faction supporting Colley, appointed Lenihan as Minister for Foreign Affairs, a post he held until Fianna Fáil lost power in 1981.
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In a pointless effort to weaken Robinson a government minister and Haughey ally, Pádraig Flynn launched a controversial personal attack on Mary Robinson " as a wife and mother " and " having a new-found interest in her family ".
Haughey and supporting
Reynolds ' affable personality helped him to coax a number of backbenchers into supporting Haughey, who went on to beat George Colley in the leadership struggle and become Taoiseach.
Several unsuccessful leadership challenges took place in late 1982 and early 1983 with Colley now supporting Desmond O ' Malley and the Gang of 22 who opposed Haughey.
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.
Haughey and Colley
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.
Lemass also encouraged Colley, Haughey and Blaney to withdraw in favour of Lynch, realising that they would not win the contest.
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.
At this stage Lynch's position had become untenable, with supporters of Haughey and George Colley caucusing opinion within the party.
The leadership contest that resulted was a two-horse race between Haughey and the Tánaiste, George Colley.
In a conciliatory gesture, Colley was re-appointed as Tánaiste and had a veto over who Haughey would appoint as Ministers for Justice and Defence respectively.
With George Colley dead, O ' Malley expelled and other critics silenced, Haughey was finally in full control of Fianna Fáil.
Lynch, and another favourite of Lemass's, Patrick Hillery, ruled themselves out of the leadership election from the very beginning, however, other candidates such as Charles Haughey, George Colley and Neil Blaney threw their hats into the ring immediately.
Three men had openly expressed ambitions to be Taoiseach, Haughey, Blaney and Colley.
Colley was convinced that he had enough support to defeat the other likely candidate, Charles Haughey, and that Lynch should resign early to catch his opponents on the hop.
He supported George Colley for Taoiseach in the Fianna Fáil leadership contest of 1979, but after Colley's opponent Charles Haughey won out, Haughey still retained Burke in his government position.
In 1979, following Jack Lynch's resignation as Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fáil, two candidates fought in the leadership election, George Colley and Charles Haughey.
Colley and Charles Haughey both stood as candidates in the subsequent leadership election.
It is said that Colley and his supporters encouraged Lynch to retire one month earlier than planned because he felt he had the support to win a leadership contest and that the quick decision would catch Charles Haughey and his supporters off guard.
Colley had the backing of the majority of the Cabinet and the party hierarchy, while Haughey relied on support from the first-time backbenchers.
This was believed to have swung the vote, and Haughey beat Colley by 44 votes to 38.
Haughey delayed naming a new opposition front bench but Colley was still a key member of the Fianna Fáil hierarchy.
The subsequent leadership election saw George Colley and Charles Haughey emerge as the two front-runners.
Haughey and Boland withdrew in support of Lynch, however, Colley forced a contest.
The leadership race immediately erupted as a two-horse battle between Charles Haughey and George Colley.
Lynch's retirement in 1979 saw a leadership battle between Charles Haughey ( the radical republican candidate ) and George Colley ( the party establishment candidate ).
Haughey and appointed
In 1962 Lemass appointed Haughey as Minister for Agriculture.
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.
Sean Haughey was appointed as a Junior Minister in the Department of Education and Science in December 2006.
On 5 July 1989 Haughey and O ' Malley agreed a deal for government, and O ' Malley was appointed Minister for Industry and Commerce.
Geoghegan-Quinn supported Charles Haughey in the 1979 Fianna Fáil leadership election, she was subsequently appointed to the cabinet post of Minister for the Gaeltacht.
In 1987 she was appointed Minister for Education by Charles Haughey.
In 1992 Albert Reynolds replaced Haughey as Taoiseach and Andrews was briefly appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs, vacating this position to Dick Spring, Tánaiste and Labour Party leader, after a subsequent election.
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.
Despite Woods ' support for the opponent, Haughey appointed him Minister for Health and Social Welfare.
In 1988 MacSharry's loyalty to Haughey was rewarded when he was appointed European Commissioner.
The following year he was appointed assistant government chief whip by Taoiseach Charles Haughey.
However, Charles Haughey was narrowly successful and a new Secretary General of the party was appointed.
He was appointed chairman of the board of Aer Rianta in 1990 under the Haughey government, but resigned in October 1991 amid the scandal over the purchase of the Johnston Mooney & O ' Brien site by Telecom Eireann.
In spite of this he was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food when Haughey returned as Taoiseach after the 1987 general election.
In 1980 Charles Haughey was Taoiseach and Smith was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture.
The Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, appointed him as Attorney General after his predecessor, Patrick Connolly, resigned abruptly over the GUBU scandal, when a murderer Malcolm McArthur was arrested in Connolly's Dalkey flat.
Brady was appointed Minister of State at the Department of the Environment by Charles Haughey in March 1982.
Other opponents of Haughey, such as Charlie McCreevy, would have to wait on the Fianna Fáil backbenches until the end of Haughey's political career in 1992 before being appointed as ministers.
Patrick Connolly is a former Attorney General of Ireland who was appointed by Charles Haughey.
Haughey was appointed in December 2006 as a Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science with responsibility for Adult Education, Youth Affairs and Educational Disadvantage.
Haughey won the leadership contest by a decisive margin and McEllistrim was rewarded by being appointed Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works.
On that day Haughey announced to the Dáil that the Government had appointed Vincent Brady, TD to the post of Minister for State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip.
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