The story of the Irish politician Charles Haughey, told by his family as well as those who worked most closely with him in politics and in the private business circles from which his most controversial payments were drawn.
DirectorNiamh Sammon
The Outsider
Jun 13, 2005
Charts C.J. Haughey’s background and early years. From his parent’s first meeting during the War of Independence in Co. Derry, to his early childhood in Mayo and school-days in North Co. Dublin, his training in law and accountancy, and on to his emergence in the political arena, circa 1957, and to his sensational arrest in 1970, during the so-called Arms Crisis.
A Rise and Follow
Jun 20, 2005
Charts the life and times of C.J. Haughey from the Arms Trials of 1970 to the end of Haughey’s first period in office as Taoiseach.
The Survivor
Jun 27, 2005
Follows the Fianna Fail ‘heaves’ in 1981/’82 and beyond to Haughey’s return to Government in 1987.
Disclosure
Jul 4, 2005
Charts C.J. Haughey’s years in power from 1987 up until the revelation of his financial and personal secrets in the late 1990’s.
