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John Bruton
Articles about the former toiseach and Fine Gael party leader John Bruton - 1947-2024
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How John Bruton, the last Redmondite, got to grips with the IRA, the UK and the peace process
Once dismissed as ‘John Unionist’ in the Dáil, Bruton’s lifelong interest in history served him in key 1990s talks
Bertie Ahern accused of creating ‘mythology’ surrounding role in peace process
John Bruton’s work on Northern Ireland ‘has been forgotten’, says ex-minister, as author suggests Ahern should be ‘a little bit more generous’ to others
John Bruton’s former adviser says history of the peace process needs to be rewritten
Shane Kenny says the then taoiseach never received the credit due for his role leading up to the Belfast Agreement
Miriam Lord: John Bruton is mourned as a loved one and revered statesman at a funeral both public and private
The Bruton family, the Fine Gael party and former political rivals pay respects to ‘a decent man’ who ‘changed Ireland for the better’
John Bruton’s blog is a treasure trove of wisdom, decency, good humour and the odd rebuke
Late Taoiseach wondered why the Irish reaction to a challenge to the consensus was to look for ulterior motives
John Bruton ‘changed Ireland for the better’, State funeral hears
Leo Varadkar delivers graveside oration for former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader in Dunboyne, Co Meath
John Bruton was ‘a statesman of unshakeable integrity,’ Taoiseach says at graveside oration
Priest describes former taoiseach as an exceptionally good man at ceremony in Dunboyne
Seven lessons for Leo Varadkar from the career of John Bruton
Don't always take the advice of officials' and don't play into your opponents' hands - here's what the Taoiseach can learn from his predecessor
Dozens gather along streets of Dunboyne to pay tribute to ‘fatherlike’ John Bruton
State funeral for former taoiseach takes place at 11am on Saturday in Dunboyne, Co Meath
Sinn Féin poll slump: ‘The tide is not gone out for them just yet’
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
John Bruton was more complex than his ‘nice, straightforward, violently anti-IRA’ reputation suggests
Some of Bruton’s admirers think his role in the peace process has been unduly neglected
Friends of Bruton recall ‘a man so without guile he’d never have organised a good conspiracy’
Outpouring of praise in recent days is something he never experienced during his political lifetime but that did not dim his enthusiasm for politics
Politicians put differences aside to pay tribute to Bruton, who ‘never lost faith in politics’
Ordinary business at the Dáil abandoned as party leaders, Meath representatives and many Fine Gael TDs speak in tribute
‘A life of extraordinary public service’: Taoiseach leads Dáil tributes to John Bruton
Richard Bruton thanks colleagues from across the political spectrum for their tributes to the former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader
State funeral for John Bruton to take place in Dunboyne on Saturday
Former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader died on Tuesday aged 76 following a long illness
Tributes flow for Bruton after a quarter century at frontline of politics
Government Bruton led can reasonably claim to have played important roles in resolving the two great failures of the independent Irish State
John Bruton remembered in Brussels as ‘committed European’
Bill Clinton says he was grateful for opportunity to work closely with late Fine Gael politician on NI peace process
John Bruton’s leadership set template for how to run a coalition government
Former taoiseach had a sense of obligation and service that was a deeply Christian part of being a Christian Democrat
Former taoiseach John Bruton believed Easter Rising unnecessary
One-time Fine Gael leader’s revisionist views highly controversial and proved divisive with many in the party
John Bruton’s long life in politics: He used to joke it all started at a Sinn Féin meeting in 1966
Former taoiseach was steeped in Fine Gael tradition, and had been a member of that party since he was 18
John Bruton was ‘a deeply committed politician’: President Higgins leads tributes to former taoiseach
Leo Varadkar says former Fine Gael leader ‘one of the reasons I became involved in politics’
John Bruton: A life in pictures
Former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader John Bruton has died after a long illness
John Bruton obituary: Tenacious former taoiseach who led rainbow coalition
He had a greater understanding of the unionist position than most politicians in the Republic and for that was dubbed ‘John Unionist’ by Albert Reynolds
Former taoiseach John Bruton dies following long illness
Fine Gael politician led Rainbow Coalition government from December 1994 to June 1997
Charlie Flanagan: ‘My father was a controversial figure . . . I disagreed with much of what he stood for’
The Fine Gael TD, who will be stepping down from politics at the next election, reflects on his relationship with his arch-conservative father and on how the political climate has shifted
Splurging the corporation tax windfall in exchange for votes would threaten the nation’s future
By delaying the gratification from spending the bonanza today, the State will get much better value for money
Diarmaid Ferriter: For over a quarter century, winter headlines have warned of hospital crises
Enduring trolley overcrowding in A&E departments has come to be seen as an inevitable part of the system rather than an intolerable failure
Joe Kennedy III could surprise everybody in special envoy role
Reaction across unionism is curiosity at what such a high-profile envoy might achieve for Northern Ireland, economically and politically
John Bruton: Are there two nations on the island of Ireland, and could they be fused into one?
Former taoiseach John Bruton on Partition and the prospect of a Border poll
Corporate law shake-up as international legal eagles swoop on Ireland
Secrecy on fees survives for now but diversity beckons in post-Brexit blitz by top firms
Engaging with ‘Provo fascists’ unavoidable, AG told John Bruton
Legal advice to then taoiseach set out pros and cons for decision related to ceasefire
Miriam Lord’s 2021 Awards: Coalition had to Sinn and bear it in the year of Mary Lou
Danny Healy-Rae left to his own device as Zapponegate saw Government rocked by a role
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