{"id":11879,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=11879"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:26:18","slug":"a-n-t-a-o-i-s-e-a-c-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/a-n-t-a-o-i-s-e-a-c-h\/","title":{"rendered":"A n T a o i s e a c h"},"content":{"rendered":"

A n T a o i s e a c h .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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The Taoiseach…………………………………………..c\u00e9adchl\u00f3…………2003.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

le<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Peter Cunningham…………………………………………………………\u20ac19.99.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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Cuireann an t-\u00fadar in i\u00fal d\u00fainn, i dt\u00fas an leabhair seo, nach stair at\u00e1 idir cham\u00e1in aige, chomh fada is a bhaineann s\u00e9 leis na carachtair a l\u00e9ir\u00edtear ann, ach gurb \u00e9 at\u00e1 i gceist aige n\u00f3 na f\u00f3rsa\u00ed a th\u00e1th\u00edonn le ch\u00e9ile iad, f\u00f3rsa\u00ed cos\u00fail le paisean, eagla, br\u00fa, agus moth\u00fach\u00e1in, n\u00edl aon chur i gc\u00e9ill i gceist, chomh fada is a bhaineann s\u00e9 leis na f\u00f3rsa\u00ed c\u00e9anna sin.<\/p>

\u201cThis story is about people and power, and about the forces that bring them together. The people are works of fiction. But the passions, the fears, the pressures and the emotions are real.\u201d<\/p>

Ach, nuair a l\u00e9ann t\u00fa sin ar\u00eds, tuigtear duit, nach r\u00f3-\u00e9asca an gn\u00f3 \u00e9, earra\u00ed teib\u00ed, cos\u00fail le cumhacht, agus na cumhachta\u00ed pearsanta sin, a scaradh go huile is go hioml\u00e1n, o na daoine a ndeachaigh na f\u00f3rsa\u00ed c\u00e9anna sin, i gcionn orthu, le linn d\u00f3ibh bheith ar ard\u00e1n rialaithe an n\u00e1isi\u00fain. Ach scaoilimis sin tharainn, ar eagla go nd\u00e9arfa\u00ed nach raibh sa mh\u00e9id sin ach s\u00e9imeantaic.<\/p>

T\u00e1 an R\u00e9amhr\u00e1 sp\u00e9isi\u00fail freisin, n\u00f3 sa R\u00e9amhr\u00e1 sin, cuireann an sc\u00e9ala\u00ed, n\u00f3 fear inste an sc\u00e9il, in i\u00fal d\u00fainn, gur chuir s\u00e9 an sc\u00e9al seo i dtoll a ch\u00e9ile in achar lae, n\u00f3 b\u00edodh gur chuir s\u00e9 an gn\u00f3 sin ar an m\u00e9ar fhada, s\u00e1ch fada, i ndeireadh na d\u00e1la, agus d\u2019fhonn \u00e9 fh\u00e9in a shl\u00e1n\u00fa, tuigeadh d\u00f3 nach raibh an dara rogha aige ach an sc\u00e9al seo faoin Taoiseach, agus a r\u00e9, a chur ar ph\u00e1r, tharla nach raibh an dara duine beo a d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh sin a dh\u00e9anamh ach \u00e9 fh\u00e9in amh\u00e1in. T\u00e1 faoi, an fh\u00edrinne a insint, fi\u00fa d\u00e1 dtitfeadh na sp\u00e9artha. Ghort\u00f3fa\u00ed daoine, \u00e9 fh\u00e9in ina measc, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir, ach dh\u00e9anfadh s\u00e9 a raibh le d\u00e9anamh aige.<\/p>

Tuige nach bhf\u00e9adfadh \u00e9inne eile an gn\u00f3 sin a dh\u00e9anamh chomh h\u00e9ifeachtach, cruinn, leis, an ea?<\/p>

Bhuel, mhair seisean faoi sc\u00e1ile an Taoisigh, Harry Messenger, \u00f3na laethe scoile anuas, agus b\u2019eisean an \u201cFixer\u201d a scaoil gach cruach\u00e1s don Harry c\u00e9anna sin. Sea, mh\u2019anam, bh\u00ed fhios ag \u201cBunny\u201d Gardener (an sc\u00e9ala\u00ed) c\u00e1 raibh na coirp uilig curtha! Ba bhunt\u00e1iste d\u00f3 an t-eolas sin amanta, ach amanta eile, a mhalairt a bh\u00ed f\u00edor.<\/p>

Anois, agus an sc\u00e9al seo \u00e1 l\u00e9amh againn, tugaimid faoi deara, mar a phreabann an t-\u00fadar \u00f3 thr\u00e9imhse amh\u00e1in, go tr\u00e9imhse eile, de r\u00e9ir mar a oireann d\u00f3, agus d\u00e9anann s\u00e9 \u00e9 sin, chomh scili\u00fail, cliste, sin, gurb ar \u00e9igean a thugann an l\u00e9itheoir faoi deara \u00e9, ach n\u00ed f\u00e9idir aon mhille\u00e1n a leagan ar an \u00fadar faoi sin, n\u00f3 tugann s\u00e9 na d\u00e1ta\u00ed d\u00fainn go rialta, tr\u00edd an sc\u00e9al, \u00f3 th\u00fas deireadh, go h\u00e1irithe, nuair a thugann s\u00e9 l\u00e9im siar, n\u00f3 chun tosaigh, thar bhearna na mblianta. <\/p>

Cuireann s\u00e9 t\u00fas lena sc\u00e9al i M\u00e1rta na bliana 1992, agus an sc\u00e9ala\u00ed, Bunny Gardener, an \u201cFixer\u201d, ar a bhealach tr\u00ed shr\u00e1ideanna l\u00e1r na cathrach, le coinne a choinne\u00e1il le Chris Foy, at\u00e1 anois i gceannas, go sealadach, ar Chomhlacht ollmh\u00f3r Foy, de thaisme, d\u2019fh\u00e9adf\u00e1 a r\u00e1, a tharla a leith\u00e9id, n\u00f3 ba \u00e9 a tharla n\u00f3 gur gabhadh a dearth\u00e1ir, Barry Foy, an t\u00e9 a bh\u00ed i gceannas, go nuige sin, gabhadh \u00e9, amuigh i bhFlorida, \u00e9 dallta as a mheabhair le druga\u00ed, str\u00edopach ina sheomra aige, \u00e9 fh\u00e9in striop\u00e1ilte ina \u201cpheilt\u201d, agus \u00e9 ag bagairt go l\u00e9imfeadh tr\u00ed fhuinneog scr\u00edobaire sp\u00e9ire amach. Th\u00e1inig na p\u00f3il\u00edn\u00ed. Gabhadh \u00e9. Th\u00e1inig abhaile. Ghabh a leithsc\u00e9al go poibl\u00ed. Ach m\u00e1 sea fh\u00e9in, n\u00ed raibh an deirfi\u00far, Chris, s\u00e1sta ligint d\u00f3 fanacht i gceannas Chomhlacht Foy feasta. Theastaigh uaithi f\u00e1il r\u00e9idh leis, agus b\u2019in sin. <\/p>

Nach gcuirfeadh sin eachtra\u00ed \u00f3n saol s\u2019againne, i gcuimhne do dhuine? <\/p>

Bhuel, ar aon n\u00f3s, chuir Chris agus Bunny an sc\u00e9al tr\u00ed ch\u00e9ile, agus mh\u00ednigh Chris, a raibh beartaithe aice a dh\u00e9anamh. Chuir Bunny comhairle uirthi, ach chuir Chris chr\u00edoch lena gcomhr\u00e1, tr\u00ed cheist a chur ar Bhunny..<\/p>

\u201cDo you know one thing I\u2019ve never been able to understand? I\u2019ve never been able to understand what a man like you saw in Harry Messenger.\u201d<\/p>

Nach bre\u00e1 an \u00e1it le sc\u00e9al d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id a thos\u00fa? Mar n\u00e1rbh \u00e9 eachtra d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id, i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre, a lig tr\u00e9ad cat as m\u00e1la na r\u00fan faoin gCoiste \u00d3rga \u00fad, a raibh diallait agus b\u00e9albhach buailte acu ar chapall an St\u00e1it s\u2019againne, le tamall maith de bhlianta roimhe sin.<\/p>

Diaidh ar ndiaidh ansin, t\u00e9ann Bunny siar ar ch\u00farsa\u00ed, \u00e9 ag leagan os \u00e1r gcomhair amach, mar a d\u2019\u00e9irigh le Harry Messenger, greim docht, ceart, a fh\u00e1il ar shrian na cumhachta, agus ag an am gc\u00e9anna, d\u2019\u00e9irigh leis, an beart sin a dh\u00e9anamh, gan m\u00e9arlorg ar bith, n\u00f3 lide d\u00e1 laghad, d\u2019fh\u00e9adf\u00e1 a r\u00e1, a fh\u00e1g\u00e1il ina dhiaidh.<\/p>

Go gairid ina dhiaidh an t\u00fais sin, t\u00f3gann an sc\u00e9ala\u00ed siar muid, agus feicimid an Taoiseach agus a lucht leanta ag R\u00e1sch\u00farsa Longchamps, i bP\u00e1ras na Fraince, i nDeireadh F\u00f3mhair na bliana 1987, c\u00faig bliana roimhe sin, agus Harry i mbarr a mhaitheasa agus a chumhachta, agus \u00e9 ina dhia beag acu si\u00fad a bh\u00ed thart air. Thuigfe\u00e1 go raibh margadh eic\u00ednt \u00e1 dh\u00e9anamh aige le Prionsa Arabach, d\u00e1rb ainm, Abdul Alman, margadh a thiocfadh i gcabhair ar an dTaoiseach ar ball, lena fhiacha sna Bainc a ghlanadh. Tharla, an l\u00e1 c\u00e9anna sin, l\u00e1 na r\u00e1sta\u00ed, gur th\u00e1inig dearth\u00e1ir Chris Foy, Barry, isteach chucu ag na r\u00e1sta\u00ed \u00fad. Bh\u00ed \u201ctete a tete\u201d aige le Harry Messenger, agus roimh imeacht d\u00f3, thug s\u00e9 sinti\u00fas l\u00e1imhe, i gcl\u00fadach litreach, do Harry.<\/p>

\u201cThanks young fella.!\u201d <\/p>

\u201cNever be short Taoiseach. God bless you.!\u201d<\/p>

Chualamar rud eic\u00ednt cos\u00fail le sin cheana, n\u00e1r chuala?<\/p>

Chuaigh Bunny siar b\u00f3ithr\u00edn na smaointe ansin, agus ar\u00eds agus ar\u00eds eile, tr\u00edd an sc\u00e9al ar fad, d\u00e9anann s\u00e9 amhlaidh, agus ins\u00edonn d\u00fainn mar a ndeachaigh s\u00e9 fh\u00e9in agus Harry, agus baicle eile gas\u00far, chuig Scoil Naomh Peadar, le ch\u00e9ile, thiar i l\u00e1r na ndaichid\u00ed. D\u2019fh\u00e1s siad uilig suas le ch\u00e9ile, ach ghlac siad uilig, agus Bunny freisin, chomh maith le duine, ghlac siad le Harry mar cheannaire, a raibh a nd\u00edlseacht tuillte aige, agus dlite d\u00f3. Ach, thar \u00e9inne eile, bh\u00edodh Harry ag brath i gc\u00f3na\u00ed ar Bhunny, le chuile fhadhb a scaoileadh d\u00f3, sea, agus ba mhaith an s\u00e1s chuige sin \u00e9 an Bunny c\u00e9anna sin, n\u00f3 n\u00edor theip riamh air seift eic\u00ednt a cheapadh, le ceann an chinnire a sh\u00e1bh\u00e1il \u00f3n gcroch!<\/p>

D\u00e9antar tagairt ansin d\u00f3ibh, mar dhaoine f\u00e1sta, agus Harry ag dul le poliat\u00edocht. Tagairt freisin do Thriobl\u00f3id\u00ed an Tuaiscirt, agus an bhaint a bh\u00ed ag Messenger leo. Theip air sa bhfiontar sin, chomh fada is a bhain s\u00e9 le c\u00fairteanna na t\u00edre seo, agus thuigfeadh duine ar bith go raibh a r\u00e1s ar an gc\u00farsa polait\u00edochta rite, ach, lean s\u00e9 air, ag obair, is ag obair, os ard agus os \u00edseal, go dt\u00ed gur \u00e9irigh leis gradam an Taoisigh fh\u00e9in a bhaint amach d\u00f3 fh\u00e9in, agus n\u00e1rbh eisean a d\u2019\u00fas\u00e1id an chumhacht, a ghabh leis an ngradam sin, go neamhscrupallach. Tuigeadh d\u00f3, go raibh bua feasa aige, agus d\u00e1 bharr sin, go raibh d\u00edlseacht agus p\u00e1tr\u00fantacht an n\u00e1isi\u00fain tuillte aige, sea, agus ba bheag n\u00e1r \u00e9irigh leis sa mh\u00e9id sin. Ach, n\u00ed mhaireann rith maith ag an each i gc\u00f3na\u00ed, agus ba \u00e9 an d\u00e1la c\u00e9anna ag Harry \u00e9. Th\u00e1inig an l\u00e1 gur thit an teach c\u00e1rta\u00ed, a bh\u00ed t\u00f3gtha chomh c\u00faramach sin aige, anuas sa mhullach air. Agus i ndeireadh na feide, c\u00e9 sh\u00e9id an fhead\u00f3g air? Sea, an \u201cFixer\u201d fh\u00e9in a rinne \u00e9 a \u201cfixe\u00e1il\u201d i gceart, ar deireadh thiar, nuair a chuir s\u00e9 ina lu\u00ed ar Chris Foy, gur ch\u00f3ir dise na cuntas\u00f3ir\u00ed a ghlaoch isteach, le c\u00farsa\u00ed an chomhlachta, faoi cheannas Barry, a scr\u00fad\u00fa. Ba \u00e9 an scr\u00fad\u00fa sin a leag an teach c\u00e1rta\u00ed \u00fad, a bh\u00ed t\u00f3gtha chomh c\u00faramach sin ag an Taoiseaach agus a chomhleacaithe. <\/p>

F\u00e9ach mar a tharla, nuair a d\u00fairt Bunny le Chris, gur ch\u00f3ir di Barry a bhriseadh as a phost i gComhlacht Foy…..<\/p>

\u201c \u2018You\u2019re serious, aren\u2019t you?\u2019 She said at last.<\/p>

\u2018More than I\u2019ve ever been. Now, go out and make that call and tell that firm of auditors that they\u2019re to get started first thing tomorrow morning\u2019.<\/p>

She smiled \u2013 \u2018I should have known, really\u2019.<\/p>

\u2018Do it now\u2019, I said. \u2013\u2018Do it for me\u2019.\u201d<\/p>

Caithfear a r\u00e1 anseo, go raibh iriseoir c\u00e1ili\u00fail ag d\u00e9anamh a m\u00edle d\u00edcheall, agus \u00ed ag iarraidh r\u00fain an Choiste \u00d3rga a scaoileadh freisin, agus bheadh orainn a r\u00e1 gur \u00e9irigh go seoigh leise freisin. N\u00ed g\u00e1 dom ainm a chur uirthise, ach oiread!<\/p>

L\u00e9itheoireacht \u00e9igeantach, d\u00f3ibh si\u00fad a bh\u00ed suas le linn na scannal uilig a chr\u00e1igh an t\u00edr s\u2019againn, le breis is dh\u00e1 sc\u00f3r bliain anuas, n\u00f3 scalfaidh an leabhar seo t\u00f3irse an sc\u00e9il ar imeachta\u00ed casta na r\u00e9 sin. Agus d\u00f3ibh si\u00fad, nach raibh suas le linn na r\u00e9 sin, bhuel, m\u00e1s uathu ciall ar bith a bhaint as an r\u00e9 ch\u00e9anna sin, n\u00edl le d\u00e9anamh acu ach an leabhar suimi\u00fail, spreag\u00fail seo a l\u00e9amh.<\/p>

An-saothar, corraitheach, dea-scr\u00edofa, a leagann a mh\u00e9ar ild\u00e1nach ar chuisle na Banban, le linn di bheith faoi gheasa ag Ridir\u00ed an Choiste \u00d3rga.<\/p>

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Peadar Bair\u00e9ad.<\/p>

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