Des O'Malley: Death of an Irish political colossus

A main rival of former Taoiseach Charlie Haughey, O’Malley was once seen as a potential future leader of Fianna Fáil but he was eventually expelled from the party on Haughey’s orders.

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The death has been announced of the former Progressive Democrats leader and former justice minister Des O’Malley at the age of 82.

A colossus of Irish politics, O’Malley had been in poor health in recent months and passed away on Wednesday morning.