Gallery: Garret FitzGerald

Updated: 14:14, Thursday, 19 May 2011

A look back at the political career of former Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Garret FitzGerald

  • 1969 - Former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, outside Leinster House, Dublin on 23 July 1969. This still was taken shortly after that year's general election
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    1969 - Former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, outside Leinster House, Dublin on 23 July 1969. This still was taken shortly after that year's general election

  • 1972 - Fine Gael TD Garret FitzGerald in Leinster House, Dublin, on 2 May. He was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Fine Gael/Labour coalition of 1973-77
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    1972 - Fine Gael TD Garret FitzGerald in Leinster House, Dublin, on 2 May. He was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Fine Gael/Labour coalition of 1973-77

  • 1977 - Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil TD Jack Lynch with Dr Garret FitzGerald, Fine Gael TD and Leader of the Opposition
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    1977 - Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil TD Jack Lynch with Dr Garret FitzGerald, Fine Gael TD and Leader of the Opposition

  • 1981 - Garret FitzGerald acknowledges the applause of delegates, at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis in Dublin's RDS on 28 March 1981
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    1981 - Garret FitzGerald acknowledges the applause of delegates, at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis in Dublin's RDS on 28 March 1981

  • 1981 - Former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald shortly before or after his speech to the Fine Gael Ard Fheis, in Dublin's RDS on 28 March 1981
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    1981 - Former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald shortly before or after his speech to the Fine Gael Ard Fheis, in Dublin's RDS on 28 March 1981

  • 1984 - Former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald
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    1984 - Former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald

  • 1984 - US President Ronald Reagan makes a speech on the tarmac at Dublin Airport, at the end of his three-day visit to Ireland on 4 June 1984. Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald stands beside him
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    1984 - US President Ronald Reagan makes a speech on the tarmac at Dublin Airport, at the end of his three-day visit to Ireland on 4 June 1984. Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald stands beside him

  • 1984 - The Fine Gael Taoiseach during his speech to delegates at that party's Ard Fheis in Dublin's RDS on 6 October 1984. The slogan 'securing Ireland's future' can be seen on display in the background
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    1984 - The Fine Gael Taoiseach during his speech to delegates at that party's Ard Fheis in Dublin's RDS on 6 October 1984. The slogan 'securing Ireland's future' can be seen on display in the background

  • 1984 - An Taoiseach, Garret Fitzgerald, meets with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain at the Irish Anglo Summit
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    1984 - An Taoiseach, Garret Fitzgerald, meets with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain at the Irish Anglo Summit

  • 1985 - Garret FitzGerald and Margaret Thatcher at the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement
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    1985 - Garret FitzGerald and Margaret Thatcher at the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement

  • Garret FitzGerald - Former Taoiseach
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    Garret FitzGerald - Former Taoiseach

  • 2005 - Former Prime Minister and Chancellor of the National University of Ireland, Garret Fitzgerald presents Anjelica Huston with her Honorary Degree certificate
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    2005 - Former Prime Minister and Chancellor of the National University of Ireland, Garret Fitzgerald presents Anjelica Huston with her Honorary Degree certificate

  • Garret FitzGerald - Pictured in 2010
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    Garret FitzGerald - Pictured in 2010

  • 2011 - Garret Fitzgerald appears on RTÉ's Prime Time to discuss February's General Election
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    2011 - Garret Fitzgerald appears on RTÉ's Prime Time to discuss February's General Election