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THE WIFE OF former Taoiseach Charles Haughey, Maureen Haughey, has died aged 91.
Haughey was also the daughter of former Taoiseach Sean Lemass.
It’s understood that she passed away in hospital this morning after a short illness.
Her son, Fianna Fáil TD for North Dublin Seán Haughey, sent a tweet this morning confirming the news.
Sean Haughey / TwitterSo sad to announce that my mother passed away peacefully this morning-A truly remarkable woman.May she rest in peace pic.twitter.com/aJRIoHPUJi
— Seán Haughey (@sean_haughey) March 17, 2017
Micheál Martin has released a statement, saying, “On behalf of the entire Fianna Fáil organisation across the country, I want to extend our deepest sympathies to the Haughey and Lemass families on the passing of Maureen Haughey.
As the wife of the late Charles Haughey and daughter of Seán Lemass, Maureen was a wonderfully warm, dignified and intelligent woman. She was a tower of strength to her late husband former Taoiseach Charles Haughey and loving daughter of former Taoiseach Seán Lemass. Throughout her distinguished life she witnessed some of the major turning points in Irish history.
He added, “Maureen was a very active woman and kept a keen interest in the evolution of Irish society. She was a patriot who loved her country and retained a key interest in the development of Irish society.
“Her life was steeped in the cause of Irish republicanism and her family contributed significantly to its advancement. She was a loving and caring mother and our sympathies go to her family, Eimear, Conor, Ciaran, and Seán.”
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Often felt sorry for this woman when the whole Terry Keane thing broke. Bad enough to hear your husband was having an affair without it becoming national news.
That oul cow Terry Keane made a show of her by going on the late late show
@Teddy: and as for Gay Byrne sucking up to her, disgraceful!
@Aideen Pollard: Gay Byrne is a Muppet anyway. When Terry Wogan died he did so with dignity while with Byrne we have to get regular accounts of how he is? For what purpose? Must be frightful to be that insecure that you must be in the public eye in order to feel valuable. Without doubt, in the 1960′s we lost the better presenter and man to the UK. Sorry for rant.
@Carmel M Hennessy: Let me get this straight. You’re complaining in advance about the circumstances of Gay Byrne’s death, because Terry Wogan’s death was more tasteful?
Rip ,the daughter of the only Politician I had some respect for
Hard to feel sorry for her or her family. She (& her kids) lived on the backs of the nation.
@OU812: the woman has just died. Show some respect and decorum at least, she was Lemass daughter first before she became a Haughey, she’s not responsible for his actions. Let her rest in peace.
Need to bring back the #ThumbDown button IMO
I had no time whatsoever for Charles Haughey but this isn’t the time for disparaging comments towards his family. PS, red thumb function still there on Android app (tablet)
@OU812: only a little weasel bully would make such a comment about a deceased elderly woman hiding behind the cover of anonymity.
@Blue MARIGOLD:
@Vic’s Burd:
She stuck by one of the most corrupt people in this country’s history. She didn’t even have the decency to turn down his state funeral & spend their own money on it instead.
The country will be a better place when the whole Haughey family (& FF) follow him.
It’s not about respect, decorum or disparaging comments. The whole “don’t speak ill of the dead” thing is ridiculous. If they were a bad person in life, that shouldn’t be forgotten about in death.
@John Clarke:
I can assure you as an elderly woman when alive, my comments would be said to her face and would not have bothered her in the least.
She knew what he & she were.
@OU812: yep this thing about not speaking ill of the dead is a load of crap ..
@Vic’s Burd: cop on she knew exactly what Haughey was up to (robbing this country blind) white collar criminals is exactly what they are!!
@OU812: nail on the head
You sad little person.
Sad state of affairs that she felt duty bound to stick with Charlie even though he was a horn dog…..
@cormac o neill:
And you know that how?
@cormac o neill: horn dog haughey, has a nice ring to it
She lived in the lap of luxury from Haughey’s ill gotten gains. She wasn’t as innocent as Mary O’Rourke likes to make out, just like her own family.
Carmella Soprano springs to mind.
May she rest in peace.
May she rest in peace
R.I.P. Mrs Haughey
The perfect politician’s wife. Stood meekly by as her husband repeatedly humiliated her on the national stage… The charvet “beyond our means” lifestyle made up for it, I suppose.
@DaisyChainsaw: Jesus. She was dealing with long term illness and a sever disability at the time.
I wouldn’t feel that sorry for her. That whole family has had a good dealing truck out of his ill gotten gains. As for the Terry Keane by all accounts it was the worst kept secret in dublin.
@Miriam Kane: ”Sweetie” was her candy-man bestowing her with silks and satins courtesy of Messrs Charvet ostensibly no doubt. Who was to know she was really all the time wearing Dunnes best (or worst)?
Maureen kept her dignity decorum and integrity all thro’ the Haughey years. Now thro’ the good offices of The Journal.is I invite you to let rip Maureen from Heaven and give us the dirt on your colleagues. I am particularly interested in getting the brown stuff on (a) Dev and (b) the Red Deer of In is Mhicilean, absolutely every thing you have Maureen on the Red Deer. I can be channelled through the office of TheJ=LatinHall,8 telephonically @ 00353(1)6853889. No nugget will be ignored. Sing Maureen Sing.
@Rachel Didleu:
I think I speak for everyone when I say WTF???
@OU812: hopefully
@Rachel Didleu: are you drunk woman?
RIP. Had she been married to a Caesar, she’d have made him a good wife. Being apparently above suspecting him of owt suspicious anyway.
never heard of her before
Charley j was prob the first big time criminal politician on a par with African politicians who firstly lined his own pockets
Mrs. Haughey deserves respect. May she RIP.
The trolls are out have we become so mean spirited that we can’t just sympathise or say nothing. She was a wife mother and grandmother RIP
what have we become the woman is dead she was a wife mother grandmother let her RIP.
The trolls are out have we become so mean spirited that we can’t just sympathise or say nothing. She was a wife mother grandmother RIP
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