3. Dancehalls

Albert Reynolds and Derek Cobbe (right) pictured outside the Longford News office with Jack Davis of the Meath Chronicle when the paper was sold to the Navan publisher. (© Derek Cobbe Collection)

Outside Longford Courthouse, Albert Reynolds introduces Fianna Fáil leader Jack Lynch to a packed Main Street during the 1977 general election campaign. (© Derek Cobbe Collection)

The three Fianna Fáil candidates in the Longford/Westmeath constituency for the 1981 general election – Sean Fallon, Albert Reynolds and Seán Keegan – pictured in the Longford election headquarters. (© Derek Cobbe Collection)

During Albert Reynolds’ tenure as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, many towns and villages went from manual local exchanges to automatic. Reynolds is pictured here with Fianna Fáil party colleagues Mary O’Rourke (then a member of Athlone UDC and Westmeath County Council) and Councillor Stephen Price at Athlone Telephone Exchange. (© Derek Cobbe Collection)

Secretary of State Patrick Mayhew, Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, Prime Minister John Major, Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, Foreign Minister Dick Spring and Minister for Justice Máire Geoghegan-Quinn at Dublin Castle, 3 December 1993. (© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo)

Gerry Adams, Albert Reynolds and John Hume shake hands outside Government Buildings in Dublin, 6 September 1994. (© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo)

Albert Reynolds leaves the High Court in central London with his daughters Miriam (left) and Leonie in July 1998 after winning the right to a new libel trial against The Sunday Times. (© REUTERS / Alamy Stock Photo)

Albert Reynolds with Northern Ireland’s First Minister Ian Paisley in November 2007. (© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo)