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Reynolds reprimanded by Haughey over pirate interview

Monday, 31 December 2012 02:42 Public radio - Pirate Radio
Former taoiseach Charles Haughey reprimanded Albert Reynolds for doing an interview with a pirate radio station in 1982 after a complaint from RTÉ’s group of unions.


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