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...Valera's Fianna Fail (Men of Destiny) Party had lost eight seats in the Parliament, the Independents who often supported them had lost one. Altogether the opposition parties, led by John Costello's Fine Gael (United Ireland), had gained enough votes to give the anti-Dev coalition a shaky majority...
...hero who had won political freedom for their nation in 1922 and guided its destiny almost constantly ever since. They listened respectfully as Eamon de Valera, now almost blind, once again outlined his austere plans for Ireland's future. They cheered him with the old campaign cry: "Up Dev...
...Valera was starting out in politics, a friend warned him: "You'll never get anywhere until you have your own newspaper." De Valera followed the advice, and in 1931 got control of the Irish Press. Next year he was elected Prime Minister. Under him, the Press spoke for "Dev's" Fianna Fáil Party, and circulation climbed until today it is 199,000, only 4,000 behind the Irish Independent, the country's biggest daily. But from the start, Dev had one trouble with the paper. In the heat of Irish politics, the job of editor...
...Suppose Dev [the Prime Minister] holds a gun to your head?" asked the friend. "No," said the President, "it would have to be loaded." "Suppose it were loaded," said the friend. "Well," said the President, "if it were loaded, I suppose I'd just have to lie down...
...first official acts, Dev announced that Ireland would not join the Atlantic Pact until Britain gave up Northern Ireland...