Liam Cosgrave

..., when a Fine Gael-Labour coalition government took office. Kerrigan was then nominated by the Taoiseach, Liam Cosgrave, to the 13th Seanad, where he served until 1977. At the 1977 general election , Kerrigan stood in the new five-seat...

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...a ministerial pension and an MEP pension. He inflicted a raft of widely unpopular measures, such as capital gains tax, during the 1970s Fine Gael-Labour coalition led by Liam Cosgrave. His tough policies saw him mercilessly lampooned...

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...formed in 1973 by Fine Gael and the Labour Party . The National Coalition was led by Liam Cosgrave, the Fine Gael leader, as Taoiseach, and Brendan Corish, the Labour Party leader, as Tanaiste. It remained in power for four years but was...

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...Labour suffered a disastrous electoral defeat in the general election . Liam Cosgrave resigned as party leader and FitzGerald was chosen by acclamation to succeed him. In his new role as Leader of the Opposition and party leader he set about...

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Cosgrave put the security of the State and its institutions first. At the Fine Gael Ard Fheis in May 1972, Cosgrave faced down his political opponents in spectacular style. 1972 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the state...

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