Haughey snubbed Dalai Lama

In hindsight, decisions on messages to newly-elected or crowned heads of state often raise an eyebrow.

Haughey snubbed Dalai Lama
Fri, 28 Dec, 2012 - 10:17

In hindsight, decisions on messages to newly-elected or crowned heads of state often raise an eyebrow.

More than 30 years on, letters have been released showing Taoiseach Charles Haughey sent best wishes to the first prime minister of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe.

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