Keaveney’s arrival in Fianna Fáil puts an end to Civil War politics

SAY what you like about Colm Keaveney, he has put an end to the Civil War. Ah, not that Civil War, silly. The real Civil War. The war between Charlie Haughey and Garret FitzGerald.

Who were they? What age are you? Too young to be reading a broadsheet, I’d say. Back to your toys and cartoons right now, you’re interrupting my flow.

You see it all goes back to that In Dublin magazine cover in 1982 which said, “Anything is better than Charlie Haughey.” I was wandering around town making a poor fist of being a radical kid. When I bought the magazine from the seller on the Ha’penny Bridge I gave him the thumbs up.