History will judge John Bruton as patient prophet of the peace process
History will judge the former taoiseach John Bruton as patient prophet of the peace process
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History will judge the former taoiseach John Bruton as patient prophet of the peace process
When he stood outside Áras an Uachtaráin he admitted: “It’s a bit of a shock.” Nine days earlier an item on RTÉ radio speculated that John Bruton’s career was over. Had it ended there we would have seen it as ending in failure.
The state funeral of the former taoiseach was held in Dunboyne yesterday
That the death of John Bruton at the age of 76 after a long illness should have occurred just one day after it was announced that the 75-year-old King Charles is stepping back from his royal duties while undergoing treatment for cancer seems fitting somehow.
Late Taoiseach wondered why the Irish reaction to a challenge to the consensus was to look for ulterior motives