Haughey tried to grope me, says Robinson

Shamed former taoiseach Charlie Haughey “tried to grope” television presenter Anne Robinson while she was covering the 1969 general election.

The claim was made by The Weakest Link host in a joint interview with her daughter in light of the recent Jimmy Savile abuse revelations.

Speaking to the Guardian, the self-styled queen of mean — who became the first female trainee at the Daily Mail in 1967, aged 23, — revealed the workplace attitude to women during the era.