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 ...