Crossing the line
THE telephone tapping of journalists that was first exposed in Dec 1982 is best remembered for the controversy surrounding the leadership of Charles Haughey. He denied any knowledge or involvement in the tapping and his justice minister, Seán Doherty, initially supported those protestations of innocence.
The media prematurely wrote off Haughey politically, but he confounded his critics. He not only survived but after a period in opposition became taoiseach again in 1987.
