<p>Charlie McCreevy said in 2017 that the highly controversial interview we did in 1989, "captured Fianna Fail in Flux and going through an identity crisis." In this radio show, I made based on the interview, we discuss McCreevy being "the nearest thing to Satan" as far as some Fianna Fail fanatics were concerned, Charlie Haughey- "I'm as arrogant as he is" - and how Fianna Fail can avoid "vegetating in the bogs of history."</p>

Charlie McCreevy said in 2017 that the highly controversial interview we did in 1989, "captured Fianna Fail in Flux and going through an identity crisis." In this radio show, I made based on the interview, we discuss McCreevy being "the nearest thing to Satan" as far as some Fianna Fail fanatics were concerned, Charlie Haughey- "I'm as arrogant as he is" - and how Fianna Fail can avoid "vegetating in the bogs of history."

Charlies McCreevy 1989. His most controversial interview. "I like Maggie Thatcher's balls but she's a tyrannical bitch!"

Joe Jackson is a journalist, interviewer, author and IMRO-Award nominated radio presenter/producer. He has interviewed roughly 1,400 people in the world of the arts, politics, and entertainment for all major media outlets in Ireland, including RTE Radio 1, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times, and Hot Press. His articles have been published globally in magazines such as Vox, Rolling Stone, and Snoozer. His radio shows include The Years Go Pop, 26 one-hour documentaries a 26 on the history of popular culture, People Get Ready, 52 one-hour documentaries on the greatest music acts of the 20th century, and Under The Influence, which was nominated for a 'Best Music series' award. In 2018, his documentary about Elvis Presley, Conversations about the King, was nominated for an IMRO Award in the 'Best Music Documentary' category.

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Charlies McCreevy 1989. His most controversial interview. "I like Maggie Thatcher's balls but she's a tyrannical bitch!"

Charlies McCreevy 1989. His most controversial interview. "I like Maggie Thatcher's balls but she's a tyrannical bitch!"

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