Garret the Good: A gallant statesman

Garret FitzGerald will be remembered best for his massive contribution to public life in Ireland over the past 50 years, writes John Downing

Garret the Good: A gallant statesman

MANY Irish people will remember his public bumbling, fogeyish tendencies with either affection or irritation.

He once appeared in public wearing a pair of shoes that did not match and on another occasion let it slip that he was unsure whether the Cork hurlers wore red jerseys.

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