Charles Haughey

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Charles James Haughey (Irish name Cathal Ó hEochaidh), born September 16, 1925, sixth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving from 1979 to 1981, March 1982 to December 1982 and from 1987 to 1992.

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Attributed

  • Grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented.
    • Originally used in 1982 to refer to an incident in which a wanted murderer was arrested in the house of the Attorney-General, but subsequently a catchphrase. Sometimes rendered into the acronym "GUBU".

Source: Sammon, Paddy: Greenspeak - Ireland in her own Words (Dublin, Ireland, 2002)


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About Haughey

  • You know, I have a theory about Charlie Haughey. If you give him enough rope, he'll hang you.
    • BBC Ireland correspondent Leo Enright at the end of Haughey's premiership.
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