Limerick has no Gregory on its side
Having found himself holding the balance of power, Gregory brokered a development deal of £100m for Dublin’s inner city.
Not everyone approved of the ‘Gregory deal.’ Members of Charles Haughey’s government resented this ‘guttersnipe’ who had extracted so much from them, while others objected on principle: when the country was facing economic crisis, it was wrong to siphon off much-needed funds to help one area. To critics, the ‘Gregory deal’ was evidence of something rotten in Irish politics: the brazen willingness of one man — Charles Haughey — to buy political power.
