Gubu politics disturbed a ‘dull’ year

The year which saw two governments fall is best summed up by the phrase coined that August: Grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, and unprecedented. Ryle Dwyer reports

Reading through the State papers released today for 1982, one might think that it was a particularly dull year in the Republic.

But the relative calm of the files was contradicted by the turmoil in government. Two different governments actually fell during the year.