Preamble
In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men and States must be referred,
We, the people of Eire,
Humbly acknowledging all our obligations to our Divine Lord, Jesus Christ, who sustained our fathers through centuries of trial,
Gratefully remembering their heroic and unremitting struggle to regain the rightful independence of our Nation,
Bertie Ahern is confronted by an impasse in the peace talks, a potential backbench revolt over proposed changes to Articles 2 and 3 and medio cre performances by many of his ministersy. Vincent Browne and John Drennan
In a continuing investigation into the finances of the former Taoiseach, Mr Charles Haughey, Magill has established that:
• Mr Haughey faced a personal financial crisis last summer, around the time that he conceded he had lied to the McCracken Tribunal. Irish Incontinental bank froze approximately £400,000 in Mr Haughey's Cayman Island account.
Eileen Gleeson watched as PR types lounged the afternoon away in her father's pub. Now she holds the prime PR post as Mary McAleese's right-hand woman. How did this remarkable doubleact come about? By John Drennan
Asked by Magill if he ever gave money to Mr Haughey, Robert Sangster, speaking from a hotel in Melbourne, Australia, said initially, he “didn't want to get involved in all that.” He added, “in Britain it wasn't unusual for people to contribute to the Conservative Party,” but that he didn't want to ignite (in Ireland) the same sort of controversy that surrounded Tony Blair on the tobacco sponsorship issue.
Asked again if he ever gave money to Charlie Haughey or to Fianna Fail, he said, emphatically, “no”.
The Wealth and Connections of John Magnier. By Ursula Halligan
This is the transcript of a television interview with Mary McAleese by Vincent Browne. It was recorded on Monday, September 1, 1997, before Ms McAleese became a Presidential candidate and almost two months before she became President.
A special investigation by Magill into the finances of the former Taoiseach, Mr Charles Haughey, reveals:
On January 1, 1972 Ireland secured membership of the European Economic Community. In a specially commissioned piece Garret FitzGerald examines our role in Europe and sets out his belief that to a greater extent than any other of the nine countries that have joined the community in the past quarter of a century, Ireland has made good use of, and has benefited from, membership. The political strategy we have adopted, the industrial and educational policies pursued with great consistency by successive governments, and the diplomatic skills we have deployed have all paid off handsomely.