Harry McGee - The Insane Case of Malcolm Macarthur, GUBU, Charles Haughey, and Irish Politics
Published on Sep 17, 2024, 10:00:50 AM
Total time: 01:38:02
Published on Sep 17, 2024, 10:00:50 AM
Total time: 01:38:02
On this week’s episode we sit down with author and award-winning political journalist Harry McGee. Harry is the political correspondent with The Irish Times, and has previously worked for several publications, including being political editor of the Irish Examiner, as well as jobs with the Sunday Tribune, and the Sunday Press. Harry also authored “The Murderer and the Taoiseach: Death, Politics and GUBU”, which explores a notorious case in 1980s Ireland involving Malcolm Macarthur, an Irish aristocrat who committed a brutal killing spree in an attempt to alleviate his financial troubles. The case not only shocked the nation but also had profound political ramifications, leading to widespread damage to the reputation of then Taoiseach Charles Haughey. The term GUBU (grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, and unprecedented) was coined by Haughey himself to describe the events, encapsulating the surreal and shocking nature of the scandal.
Harry’s Irish Times column – https://www.irishtimes.com/author/harry-mcgee/106/
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