When it came to electing a Taoiseach in the Dáil Haughey's position looked particularly volatile.

When Albert Reynolds succeeded as Taoiseach in 1992, he declared that it was low on his list of priorities.

When he got there, he was informed that a series of telephone calls had been made by senior opposition figures ( and some independent TDs ), including Fianna Fáil leader ( and ex-Taoiseach ) Charles Haughey, Brian Lenihan and Sylvester Barrett demanding that the President, as he could constitutionally do where a Taoiseach had ' ceased to retain the support of a majority in Dáil Éireann ', refuse FitzGerald a parliamentary dissolution, forcing his resignation as Taoiseach and enabling the Dáil to nominate someone else for the post.

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.

When Lynch retired as Taoiseach in 1979 Charles Haughey was elected as his successor.

When the new Taoiseach announced his cabinet, no hard feelings were shown between the two men.

When Seán Lemass succeeded de Valera as Taoiseach in 1959 Ryan was retained in the Finance portfolio.

When Fianna Fáil returned to power after the 1987 general election, Geoghegan-Quinn became Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach.

When Bertie Ahern became Taoiseach Dempsey was appointed to the position of Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

When Jack Lynch the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland moved Irish Army troops up to the border, in response to the rioting, platoons of Specials were deployed to guard border police stations.

When the Taoiseach resigns, the entire Government is deemed to have resigned as a collective.

When Lynch became Taoiseach, Flanagan was promoted to the Cabinet as Minister for Health.

When Enda Kenny became Taoiseach Ray promptly changed his tune.

When Albert Reynolds became Taoiseach, Noonan was sacked.

When questioned on the Today with Pat Kenny programme if Ireland was ready for an atheist Taoiseach, he said that he believed Ireland was a very tolerant country where the rights and beliefs of individuals were respected.

When Reynolds eventually became Taoiseach, Power was appointed Assistant Chief Whip.

When it was first broadcast, the reforming Sean Lemass was Taoiseach.

When it finished, his son-in-law the controversial Charles Haughey was months from becoming Taoiseach.

When John A. Costello became Taoiseach in 1948, he initiated further negotiations with Harold MacMillan, the British Prime Minister.

When Fine Gael chose him as its Donegal North – East candidate for the Dáil, he moved into a new constituency office, which was officially opened by Fine Gael party leader Enda Kenny on 6 October 2006.

When he departed, the monks of Enda lined the shore as he knelt for the last time to receive Enda's blessing, and watched with wistful eyes the boat that bore him from them.

When asked to define the term " trophy house ", O ' Connor replied: " A house like yours, probably ", to which Kenny replied, " I built my house in 1988.

When Kenny attempted to resume, he was repeatedly interrupted by the audience member who continued to shout.

When he was attacked live on air in 2006, Aoife, daughter of the attacker, Paul Stokes, and by coincidence a researcher on the show at the time, was consoled by Kenny.

When Gardaí were brought in to remove protesters with tactics that saw many hospitalised, Kenny said: " The law must be obeyed.

When the character of Kenny McCormick was temporarily written off the show near the end of the fifth season ( 2001 ), Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Cartman allow Butters into their group as the " fourth friend ", a role he continued to fill until midway through season six.

The Three Degrees had a moderate hit with a remake of the Five Keys ' " Close Your Eyes ", but scored better on Roulette with their remake of the Chantel's " Maybe " and " When Will I See You Again " on Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records.

When Corea broke up the group, forming Return to Forever to pursue a fusion-based style of composition and recording, Holland and Altschul remained with Braxton for much of the 1970s as part of a quartet, with the rotating brass chair variously filled by trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, or trombonists George Lewis or Ray Anderson.

* In 1967 Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen single: When I'm Sixty Four / Goodnight Irene ( reached number 43 in the UK charts ).

When the series ended, the character of Rex Randolph moved to 77 Sunset Strip, and the character of Kenny Madison moved to the spin-off Surfside 6, which aired in the Bourbon Street Beat time slot the following season.

When they reach the summit, they are confronted by Ronyx J. Kenny and Ilia Silvestri, two crew members of the Terran Alliance starship Calnus.

Tom Cochrane explained the idea behind the album: " When we put our songs together ... Kenny ( Greer ) has sort of a classical background, as I do ... we never had the budget or the means to do it with these kind of players, plus you want to keep it intact as a band, so we've always done it with synthesizers and whatever we had at hand, so it's nice to go in with a real complement of players and have them contribute like they did.

When Clyde May died in 1990 his son Kenny began looking for a way to honor his father's memory by producing legal whiskey from his recipe.

When the Knicks made the 2011 NBA Playoffs, he did not call any of the games for MSG due to his involvement with ESPN and ABC ; he did call Games 3 ( with the MSG broadcasts handled by Kenny Albert ) and 4 for ESPN and ABC, respectively.

When the party was concluding, she invited Kenny Richey to sleep in her apartment in return for minding her sleeping daughter.

When asked for his views on same-sex marriage in a radio interview with Pat Kenny on 12 August 2011, Mitchell said he did not want to do anything that “ weakens marriage ” but that he had supported civil unions.

When the Senate was tied 20-20 in 2002 to 2003, Kenny served as the Democratic Majority Leader, and when the Democrats regained majority control, he took over as full Majority Leader, a position he held for the remainder of his Senate term, except for his last day in office when he became President of the Senate.

When the war began, Kenny volunteered to serve as a nurse.

When the epidemic subsided, Kenny travelled to Guyra to recuperate ( without success ) and returned to Europe to visit doctors there.

When his daughter Sylvia was injured by falling into the path of a horse-drawn plough, a family friend called Kenny for help.

When sales of the Sylvia Stretcher declined, Kenny returned to home nursing.

When the Winston Cup Series made their first appearance of the season, a similar fate befell 1998 Rookie of the Year Kenny Irwin, Jr. For safety reasons, track owners decided to run restrictor plates on the cars during their return trip to the speedway in September 2000, making it the first track in recent history outside of Daytona and Talladega to use them.