McCreevy’s record shows why he would admire Maggie’s mettle

IT CAME as no great surprise that Charlie McCreevy praised Margaret Thatcher in a speech to the Association of European Journalists in Dublin.

McCreevy’s record shows why he would admire Maggie’s mettle

He warned that public opinion was turning against the EU in many member states, and people with Maggie's mettle were needed.

She must be the most reviled woman in Ireland. Northern nationalists hate her and even Ian Paisley once expressed the hope that that lying, treacherous woman would burn in hell for all eternity, which was strong stuff even by his astonishing standards of invective.

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