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How the Coalition Blew It in '82 (Feb 1982)

  • 31 January 1982

ELECTION SPECIAL by Vincent Browne, Pat Brennan and Gene Kerrigan

  • The Battleground, the Crucial Constituencies
  • A Bad Election for Women?
  • Campaign Notebook
  • The Questions that the Politicians Must Answer  
  • MORE:
    Big Tom and the Kansas City Bomber by Gene Kerrigan
    Cashman's Diary
    As Time Goes By by Gene Kerrigan
    People by Pat Brennan
    Holidays '82 by Paddy Agnew
    Hurling Abuse by Kevin Cashman
    Rigging the World Cup by Paddy Agnew
    Another False Dawn for Irish Rugby by Paddy Agnew
    Wigmore by Vincent Browne
  • Charlie McCreevey is Right (Jan 1982)

    • 31 December 1981
    • The Media women by J. J. 0 'Molloy
    • McCreevy is right by Vincent Browne
    • Economy: The high road to disaster
    • Child abuse and the law by Pat Brennan
    • The sins of the 'thirties by Mollie Moran
    • Rugby: international preview by John Reason
    • As Time Goes By by Gene Kerrigan
    • Wigmore

    Christmas Special (Dec 1981)

    • 24 December 1981
    • Which politician has the biggest annual income? How many votes did Charlie lose the election by? The Political Quiz, the Review of the Year, and sunndry other goodies.
    • The Political Mists of Mayo - Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the flying Canon Horan of Knock, swooping and diving among the frightened politicians. You will believe a man can fly.  
    • Behind the Ardmore Screen - Since 1976, The National Film Studios have made annual losses totalling £2.5 million. Magill looks into the reasons why Ardmore has become a white elephant.
    • A Body Has Been Discovered - An analysis of the killers and the killed in the North in 1981. Page 16
    • and the political mists of Mayo by Gene Kerrigan
    • A body has been discovered ... by Paddy Agnew Christmas Special incorporating The Political Quiz, the Review of The Year, Predictions for 1982 What The Papers Don't Say etc.
    • Behind the Ardmore Screen by Paddy Agnew Business Forum
    • Rugby: Willie Duggan by Paddy Agnew

    Charlie Haughey - Immobilised by Indecision (Dec 1981)

    • 30 November 1981
    • Haughey: watching and waiting, By Olivia O Leary
    • Paisley's walk on the wild side, By Gene Kerrigan
    • A body has been discovered, by Paddy Agnew
    • One small strike, by Gene Kerrigan
    • Back Tracks on Tax? by Brendan Dowling
    • Bobby Ballagh's Dublin, by Paddy Agnew
    • Rugby: going down under, by Paddy Agnew
    • Soccer roulette, by Paddy Agnew
    • As time Goes By, by Gene Kerrigan
    • Wigmore

    Can O'Leary save Labour from Fine Gael? (Nov 1981)

    • 31 October 1981
    • The Greyhound Caper: How a group of hard chaws from Limerick pulled off the most ingenius betting coup since the Gay Future caper.
    • Kilrea: What do the Protestants of a solidly unionist town think of Garret's crusade?
    • The new IRA strategy by Vincent Browne
    • The Blue Skies of Ulster ... by Paddy Agnew
    • Paris: As time goes by in the city of beauty
    • Soccer: It's not over yet - but Ireland's prospects for the World Cup depend on how the dice fall-elsewhere.
    • Labour in Trouble: With the Labour Party teetering on the brink of extinction, can Michael O'Leary carry out his mission imposssible?
    • Marathon: Neil Cusack's road to victory in the Dublin marathon was a lot longer than 26 miles.
    • The video movie boom by David P. Harding

    The Punk Generation (Oct 1981)

    • 1 October 1981

    The Coalition - In the few months they have been in office the twists and turns of the Coalition partners indicate that they are not quite sure what they're about.

    The Punks - Punk as a fancy dress fashion has come and gone - but the punk attitude and style has emerged among some young people in a way which makes nonsense of the cliches and platitudes which: politicians use about youth.

    Coming Out Of Your Shell by Eamonn O'Dwyer
    Irish Troops in Lebanon by Conor Cruise 0 'Brien
    Jim Fitzpatrick by Paddy Agnew
    The Marathon by Vincent Browne

    SPORT
    Kerry - It was said that they were unstoppable and they were. Are they the greatest ever?
    Irish Soccer After Holland by Paddy Agnew


    Average total income of TDs £20,000 plus

    • 31 August 1981
    • The TDs: How tight are their belts? By Vincent Browne
    • RTE’s Money Crisis by Paddy Agnew
    • “Today we stand her yet again...” by Gene Kerrigan
    • The Video Revolution by David P. Harding
    • The travel trade scandal by Paddy Agnew
    • Are mortgage interest rates too high? By Calm McCarthy
    • The weavers of the tax net by Brian Donaghy
    • Freddy White by Gene Kerrigan


    Thatcher sweating it out...prisoner to go on dying

    • 31 July 1981
    • Anglo-Irish Relations: lies across the sea by Vincent Browne
    • How the border was sold by Michael Farrell
    • The senate election by Paddy Agnew
    • The dignity of The House by Gene Kerrigan
    • The oil spy in the sky by Brian Donaghy
    • Guaranteed Irish no more by Brian Donaghy



    Stardust-Gold-Dust

    • 30 June 1981
    • The Stardust Gold-Dust by Paddy Agnew
    • Blueshirts, Quislings and Fascists by Rayner Lysaght
    • Saints, Sinners and Sincerity by Conor Cruise O’Brien
    • The Making of a Government by Vincent Browne
    • The Debasement of the Northern Ireland Judicial System by Tpfy Buckley
    • And They Think They Have Problems by Brian Donaghy
    • The Deficit Tango by Calm McCarthy
    • Jazz on Sunday by Darragh O’Loughlin
    • Gay Bryne on the Road by Gene Kerrigan


    On a wing and a prayer (June 1981)

    • 13 June 1981
    • Twisting slowly, slowly in the wind (Vincent Browne)
    • Campaign notebook (Gene Kerrigan)
    • The daddy and the boyo (Olivia O’Leary)
    • Hurricane Bernadette (Gerry Foley)
    • How we bored the nation: the TV debate (Bruce Arnold, Vincent Browne, Michael Mills and Paul Tansey)
    • Blueshirts and Quislings (Conor Cruise O’Brien)
    • Trial and error: An interview with Michael Killeen
    • Europe’s threadbare cap (John Wyles)

     

     

     


    Is there anything between them? (June 1981)

    • 6 June 1981
    • The good, the bad and the ugly (Vincent Browne)
    • Campaign ’81 (Vincent Browne)
    • The H-Block campaign (Gerry Foley)
    • Galway women and the elections (Pat Brennan)
    • The price of votes (Brian Trench)
    • Election notebook (Gene Kerrigan)
    • The greening of West Belfast (Paddy Agnew)
    • Babies, wild dogs and coalition (Conor Cruise O’Brien)

     

     

     

    Litter: Keep Ireland tidy (May 1981)

    • 30 April 1981
    • Campaign 1981 (Vincent Browne)
    • The facts and figures of election 1981
    • Election notebook (Gene Kerrigan)
    • Excess excise puts the blues in the booze (Brian Donaghy)
    • Charlie on the stroke of midnight (Conor Cruise O’Brien)
    • Sliothar sophisticaes (Kevin Cashman)
    • Ancient myths and modern rituals (Paddy Agnew)