Dr Garret FitzGerald, 1926-2011

Two-time taoiseach Dr Garret FitzGerald, was, unlike probably every other leading politician of his generation, a man completely without guile and cunning.

Even his severest critics – and there were plenty – invariably prefaced their tirades against him by conceding that he was quite the nicest man in Irish politics, earning the moniker 'Garret the Good'.