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Taoiseach Éamon de Valera stated in his wartime speeches that small states should stay out of the conflicts of big powers ; hence Ireland's policy was officially " neutral ", and the country did not publicly declare its support for either side although in practice, while Luftwaffe pilots who crash-landed in Ireland and German sailors were interned, Royal Air Force ( RAF ), Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF ), and United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) pilots who crashed were usually allowed to cross the border into British territory ( although some Allied personnel were also interned ).
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A graduate of University College Dublin, Ó Dálaigh was a committed Fianna Fáil supporter who served on the party's National Executive in the 1930s, he became Ireland's youngest Attorney General in 1946 under Taoiseach Éamon de Valera, serving until 1948.
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The battalion adjutant was Éamon de Valera, future Taoiseach and President of Ireland.
As Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, while a staunch opponent of partition, who had been elected to represent a Northern constituency in the First Dáil, did not pursue the idea of seats in the Dáil for Northern Ireland, on the grounds that this would amount to representation ' without taxation or responsibility ', although subsequent Taoisigh have appointed people from Northern Ireland to the Seanad.
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In 1945, when asked if he planned to declare a Republic, the then Taoiseach Éamon de Valera had replied, " we are a republic ", having refused to say so before for eight years.
The Irish Free State, founded in 1922, gave no special recognition, but in 1938, the then Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, at the inauguration of Dr. Douglas Hyde as President of Ireland, welcomed the incoming President with these words.
Fianna Fáil's founder and longtime leader, Taoiseach Éamon de Valera ( under pressure from members of his party ) decided to leave active party politics and seek the presidency.
Poor economic growth and lack of social services led Sean Lemass, who succeeded the veteran Éamon de Valera as leader of Fianna Fáil and as Taoiseach in 1958, to state that if economic performance did not improve, the very future of the independent Irish state was at risk.
Following Fianna Fáil's victory at the 1957 general election Éamon de Valera, as Taoiseach, brought new blood into the Cabinet in the shape of Blaney, Jack Lynch, Kevin Boland and Micheál Ó Móráin.
In spite of this he joined Seanad Éireann as one of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera's nominees.
In 1937 Éamon de Valera, then Taoiseach asked Dominions Secretary Malcolm MacDonald if the harp quarter could be removed from the Royal Standard on the grounds that the Irish people had not given their consent to the Irish emblem being included.
Two years later Seán Lemass took over from Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach and the modernising process began.
The Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, who knew his grandparents, asked to attend the christening and his presence at the baptism symbolised improving Anglo-Irish relations.
The general election of 1948 caused by a desire by the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera, to stop the rise of a new party, Clann na Poblachta.
The Taoiseach Éamon de Valera, decided to call a snap general election, just one year after the last.
She is the granddaughter of Éamon de Valera, Fianna Fáil founder, Taoiseach and third President of Ireland.
* February 21 – First flight by a British Royal Air Force flying boat through the " Donegal Corridor ", neutral Republic of Ireland airspace between its base in Northern Ireland and the Atlantic Ocean, a concession secretly agreed by Taoiseach Éamon de Valera.
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In 1972, Taoiseach Jack Lynch suggested to the opposition parties that they agree to nominate Ó Dálaigh to become President of Ireland when President de Valera's last term ended in June of the following year.
He remained on the backbenches for almost a decade, before finally becoming a minister following de Valera's retirement as Taoiseach in 1959.
The new Taoiseach, Seán Lemass, began the process of retiring de Valera's ministers, many of whom had first become ministers in the de Valera cabinet of 1932.
Haughey, on attempting to contact his former colleague, the President and on failing to be put through to the President was reported to have threatened the President's aide de camp by telling him that he would be Taoiseach one day and when that happened, I intend to roast your fucking arse if you don't put me through immediately.
Younger men such as Brian Lenihan, Charles Haughey, Patrick Hillery and Michael Hilliard were all given their first Cabinet portfolios by Lemass, and ministers who joined under de Valera, such as Jack Lynch, Neil Blaney and Kevin Boland were promoted by the new Taoiseach.
Some historians have questioned whether Lemass came to the premiership too late, arguing that had he replaced de Valera as Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach in 1951 he could have begun the process of reform of Irish society and the industrialisation of the Republic of Ireland a decade earlier than 1959, when he eventually achieved the top governmental job.
In 1959 de Valera was elected President of Ireland and Seán Lemass became the new Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader.
On each occasion the Taoiseach who advised him to do so ( de Valera in the first and third cases, and John A. Costello in the other two ) had not been formally defeated in a Dáil vote in a manner showing a loss of support by a majority of TDs.
Taoiseach and Valera
De Valera became Taoiseach, while Lemass served in the new Government ( the new name for the cabinet ) again as Minister for Industry and Commerce.
De Valera was elected President of Ireland in 1959 and retired as Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach.
The referendum failed to be passed, however, Blaney was retained in the post when Lemass succeeded de Valera as Taoiseach in 1959.
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Haughey denied this, but the Progressive Democrats members of the government stated that they could no longer continue in government with Haughey as Taoiseach.
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When the issue was ( successfully ) submitted to a referendum a second time, Brian Cowen, the Taoiseach of Ireland, stated that he had obtained " legal guarantees " from the EU that Ireland's autonomy with regards to abortion would remain.
She said she wanted to continue as Minister for Health but stated that it was a matter for her successor and the Taoiseach.
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After meeting with the Taoiseach Brian Cowen on 6 January 2009, she stated that she would no longer claim the allowance.
On 16 January 2009, the Taoiseach Brian Cowen stated that is was " business as usual " at Anglo Irish Bank and that people should be reassured that the bank is solvent.
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