Governments of Ireland: Government of the 2nd D Il, Government of the 27th D Il, Government of the 26th D Il, Government of the 21st D Il

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Government of the 10th Dail, Government of the 11th Dail, Government of the 12th Dail, Government of the 13th Dail, Government of the 14th Dail, Government of the 15th Dail, Government of the 16th Dail, Government of the 17th Dail, Government of the 18th Dail, Government of the 19th Dail, Government of the 1st Dail, Government of the 20th Dail, Government of the 21st Dail, Government of the 22nd Dail, Government of the 23rd Dail, Government of the 24th Dail, Government of the 25th Dail, Government of the 26th Dail, Government of the 27th Dail, Government of the 28th Dail, Government of the 29th Dail, Government of the 2nd Dail, Government of the 30th Dail, Government of the 31st Dail, Government of the 3rd Dail, Government of the 4th Dail, Government of the 5th Dail, Government of the 6th Dail, Government of the 7th Dail, Government of the 8th Dail, Government of the 9th Dail. Excerpt: The 26th Dail of Ireland was elected at the 1989 general election on 15 June 1989 and first met on 12 July when the 21st Government of Ireland was appointed. The 26th Dail lasted 1,259 days. The 21st Government of Ireland (12 July 1989 - 11 February 1992) was formed by the Fianna Fail and Progressive Democrats parties. After the 1989 general election Fianna Fail lost four seats, and Charles Haughey failed to achieve a majority when a vote for Taoiseach was taken in the Dail. 27 days after the election had taken place the coalition government was formed. From January to June 1990 Ireland held the presidency of the European Community. The 1990 Presidential election was held on the 7 November. Mary Robinson won the election, beating the Fianna Fail candidate Brian Lenihan. On the 6 November 1991, Sean Power made a motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach, which failed. In early 1992 Sean Doherty, who as Minister for Justice had taken the blame for the phone-tapping scandal of the early 1980s, went on RTE and claimed that Haughey had known and authorised it. Haughey denied this but the Progressive Democrats stated that they could no longer continue in government with Haughey as Taoiseach. On 30 January 1992, Haughey resigned as leader of Fianna Fail. He was succeeded by Albert Reynolds who formed the 22nd Government of Ireland. After a challenge by John Wilson in September 1990 Fianna Fail chose Lenihan as the party's candidate. The main opposition party, Fine Gael chose Austin Currie and the Labour Party chose the eventual winner Mary Robinson. Private Acts The 22nd Government of Ireland (11 February 1992 - 12 January 1993) was formed by the Fianna Fail and Progressive Democrats parties with Albert Reynolds as Taoiseach following the resignation of Charles Haughey. Reynolds formed a controversial cabinet. He dismissed Ray Burke, Mary O'Rourke and Gerry Collins. Renolds promoted critics of Haughey like David Andrews, Seamus Brennan, and Charlie McCreevy into senior mini