History will judge Haughey kindly, son tells mourners

Historians will cast Charles Haughey in a much more positive light than his media critics, said one of his sons today at the former Taoiseach’s state funeral.

History will judge Haughey kindly, son tells mourners

Historians will cast Charles Haughey in a much more positive light than his media critics, said one of his sons today at the former Taoiseach’s state funeral.

Sean Haughey, himself a TD in his father’s former constituency, used his reflection at the funeral mass to restore the reputation of the ex-Fianna Fail leader’s sometimes controversial public life.

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