Sir, - While browsing through Fintan O'Toole's Irish Times Book Of The Century, I came upon the following extract from The Irish Times of May 9th 1970 :
"A statement was issued yesterday on behalf of the former Minister for Finance, Mr Haughey. It was addressed from Mr Haughey's home at Abbeville, Kinsealy, Malahide, Co Dublin. The text of the statement is: `I regret that, on medical advice, I cannot make a personal statement in Dail Eireann concerning the termination of my office as a member of the Government." Deja vu! - Yours, etc.,
Niall Malone, Aughnanure, Co Galway.