Word: taoiseach
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...very moment when the Dail met to elect a Taoiseach (literally: leader) , Dev had been hopeful. Of the splinter parties which had ended his Fianna Fall majority, he cracked scornfully: "Many a chisel has lost chips, but did you ever see anybody collecting the chips and trying to make another chisel out of them...
...about a people who make up 33% of his constituents. "Many of the audience employ Catholics," he said, "but I have not one about my place." The next July 12 Sir Basil recalled: "I recommended people not to employ Roman Catholics, who are 99% disloyal." (Meanwhile, down in Eire, Taoiseach Eamon de Valera was saying: "Ulster's rejection of an all-Ireland union is an outrage which Irishmen throughout the world will resent...
...Higgins: "The Taoiseach [leader, i.e., De Valera] said, 'I always enjoy the violence and the bellowing of the cubs on the opposite benches...
...Speaker: "... I did not hear that word. I did hear the Greek phrase. If the Taoiseach says he is not correctly reported, I will accept his word...
...rose the Taoiseach, the solemn man. Said he: "If that is all you want to know, Eire is a republic." Then down...