Portraits in Power: Albert Reynolds
Albert Reynolds was a late starter in the business of politics, and he would find that running a company was very different to running a country, writes Eoin O’Malley
Albert Reynolds (1932-2014)
Party: Fianna Fáil
Constituency: Longford-Westmeath, Longford-Roscommon
In office: February 1992-December 1994
Key quote:“You cross the big hurdles, and when you get to the small ones, you get tripped up.” - On his resignation in 1994
Those who reach the top of Irish politics usually start early and last the distance. Albert Reynolds was an exception to that rule. He arrived late to politics and, having reached the top, spent very ...