Portraits in Power: Garret FitzGerald
Garret FitzGerald was a man ahead of his time, blazing a trail for the pluralist, more liberal and outward-looking society we have today, writes Josepha Madigan
Garret FitzGerald (1926-2011)
Party: Fine Gael
Constituency: Dublin South-East
In office: July 1981-February 1982; December 1982-March 1987
Key quote:“It is clear in the agreement… that Irish political unity would come about only with the consent of a majority.” - On the Anglo-Irish Treaty (1985)
On the upper landing of Leinster House, just outside the Dáil chamber, hang the portraits of many of our former taoisigh. Each is depicted in a different style, based ...
