World of Politics with Harry McGee

Ivan Yates retired from politics at just 41 when he slung his hook and decided to go into another business — but even then he was a veteran. Having been elected at the age of 21, he had two decades under his belt, much of it as a front-bench spokesman, with two-and-a-half years as a minister in the Rainbow Coalition between 1994 and 1997.

My only encounter with him when he was still a TD was a public meeting in Galway around 1991 over something to do with agriculture.

As regular readers who live outside the Galway City........

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