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A sad day for George

Tuesday February 09 2010

GEORGE Lee sailed into Dail Eireann last year on a wave of enthusiasm and optimism. Yesterday the tide went out and he departed, to borrow a few words from Matthew Arnold, to the accompaniment of a "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar".

Sam Smyth: Fledgling George flees the playground of fantasy politics

Tuesday February 09 2010

THE reaction in Fine Gael and from his former colleagues in RTE was summed in the first text joke at 2.42pm, less than two hours after George Lee resigned. It read: "George Lee and Charlie Bird are fronting a new reality television show -- Celebrity Big Baby."

'He was going nowhere fast and couldn't crack the system'

Tuesday February 09 2010

We take a look at how locals have reacted to George Lee's sudden resignation.

Ex-RTE editor to get full salary if he returns

Tuesday February 09 2010

GEORGE Lee will return to RTE on his full salary -- even though he will not be allowed to immediately return to an editorial position because he is politically tainted.

Famous faces don't always get vote of confidence

Tuesday February 09 2010

FALLEN political star George Lee is just one in a long line of celebrity candidates to represent political parties.

How star used his eight months in corridors of power

Tuesday February 09 2010

May 6, 2009: Fine Gael finally unveils the "well-known" candidate it has been promising for weeks. To the shock of political and media observers, RTE's Economics Editor George Lee is to contest the seat vacated by the late Fianna Fail TD Seamus Brennan.

Labour senator favourite to take over Dail seat

Tuesday February 09 2010

LABOUR Party Senator Alex White will again be installed as the favourite for the Dublin South by-election -- the position he held before George Lee's entry into the first race.

LOOKING FORWARD: Irish MEPS Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher, Marian Harkin and Liam Alyward with MEP George Lyon, meet Brendan Smith TD to discuss the future of the CAP

MEP pushes for a phased SFP move

Tuesday February 09 2010

Any move away from the historic means of establishing farmers' Single Farm Payment (SFP) entitlements must be done on a phased basis, a leading member of the European Parliament's agriculture committee has insisted.

Fionnan Sheahan: New-style politician felt chill of old-school system

Fionnan Sheahan Tuesday February 09 2010

GEORGE Lee went the wrong way about entering politics. He should have left his job in RTE two years ago and joined the Fine Gael branch in Cabinteely.

James Downey: Kenny left counting cost of failing to use priceless asset

Tuesday February 09 2010

'From his own viewpoint, he is probably lucky to have found out quickly how unsuited he was to the political life'

George Lee quits the Dail

Monday February 08 2010

Journalist turned politician today announced he is to quit the Dail less than nine months after being elected.