GUBU – origins of the phrase
12 February 2024Read the latest DIB blog.
In our February blog, Turlough O’Riordan discusses the sequence of events that led to the resignation of attorney general Patrick Connolly in August 1982, and the origins of GUBU – a phrase that has become firmly embedded in our political and cultural lexicon.
Article image: Malcolm Macarthur leaving the Four Courts, Dublin, during his 1983 trial
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