John Bruton: The conviction politician who became a pragmatist
John Bruton's time in the Dáil bookended two disastrous times for Fine Gael. Picture: Chris Bacon/PA
On the first Sunday in December 1994, John Bruton, on seeing his best and perhaps only chance of becoming taoiseach slipping away, gave a passionate interview to RTÉ’s flagship current affairs radio programme .
In angry tones, Bruton stated that given the extraordinary events of the previous few weeks, Dick Spring, the Labour leader, should not simply and blithely go back into government with Fianna Fáil.
