Irish politician, writer and intellectual Conor Cruise O’Brien has died at the age of 91. Always controversial, ‘The Cruiser’ was one of the few intellectual heavyweights in Irish politics. He was internationally renowned, but at home probably best known for two things: his coining of the phrase GUBU (Grotesque, Unbelievable, Bizarre and Unprecedented) — which [...]
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