The man who bought an island while his country went broke. Ireland's most addictive political scandal.
Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestCharts C.J. Haughey’s years in power from 1987 up until the revelation of his financial and personal secrets in the late 1990’s.
The story of the Irish politician Charles Haughey, told by his family as well as those who worked most closely with him in politics and in the private business circles from which his most controversial payments were drawn.
Direction
Niamh Sammon lets enemies and family damn him equally
Editing
Archive footage that ages like milk on a hot day
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Haughey's infamous 'charismatic' image was partly manufactured by PR adviser Terry Prone, who also appears in the documentary.
The series aired when Ireland was still processing the 2008 crash, making Haughey's 1980s 'we're living beyond our means' speech almost prophetically ironic.
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