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

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.