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((short description|Faction in Fianna Fáil in 1980s))
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The '''Gang of 22''' was a group of [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]]s (members of parliament) who were opposed to the leadership of [[Charles Haughey]] in the early 1980s. The very evident division within the Fianna Fáil [[Parliamentary group|parliamentary party]] left a deep split in the organisation.

The origins of the "Gang of 22" was when [[Desmond O'Malley]] challenged Charles Haughey for the leadership of [[Fianna Fáil]] in 1983. Disillusioned with the unwillingness of O'Malley, [[George Colley]] and their supporters to act, a [[motion of no confidence]] against Charles Haughey's leadership was put forward by [[Charlie McCreevy]] on his own initiative. This forced O'Malley's hand and he had to declare his intention to stand against Haughey. The vote failed by 55 votes to 22.

Those who made up the Gang of 22 were:<ref name=IT1224264801136>((cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0219/1224264801136.html|title=Career built on highly popular Limerick base|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=19 February 2010|access-date=20 February 2010|archive-date=19 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119021041/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0219/1224264801136.html|url-status=live))</ref><ref>((cite book|first1=Joe|last1=Joyce|first2=Peter|last2=Murtagh|title=The Boss|publisher=Poolbeg|pages=361–362))</ref>
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*[[David Andrews (politician)|David Andrews]]
*[[Sylvester Barrett]] 
*[[Thomas Bellew (Louth politician)|Thomas Bellew]]
*[[Séamus Brennan]] 
*[[Hugh Byrne (Fianna Fáil politician)|Hugh Byrne]]
*[[Sean Byrne (politician)|Sean Byrne]]
*[[George Colley]]
*[[Hugh Conaghan]]
*[[Pádraig Faulkner]]
*[[Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (Dublin politician)|Tom Fitzpatrick]]
*[[Seán French (1931–2011)|Seán French]]
*[[Jim Gibbons (Irish politician)|Jim Gibbons]]
*[[Mary Harney]]
*[[Thomas Meaney|Tom Meaney]]
*[[Charlie McCreevy]] 
*[[Bobby Molloy]]
*[[Ciarán Murphy]]
*[[Willie O'Dea]]
*[[Martin O'Donoghue]]
*[[Desmond O'Malley]] 
*[[Joe Walsh (Irish politician)|Joe Walsh]] 
*[[Pearse Wyse]]
))
The name is a reference to the [[Gang of Four]], a political faction in the [[People's Republic of China]] who were imprisoned after the death of [[Mao Zedong]].

In September 1991 four backbench Fianna Fáil TDs: [[Noel Dempsey]], [[Liam Fitzgerald]], [[M. J. Nolan]] and [[Seán Power (politician)|Seán Power]] (known as the Gang of Four) put down a motion of no-confidence in Haughey's leadership in Power's name. This prompted [[Albert Reynolds]] to resign from the Cabinet and launch a leadership challenge. He was supported by fellow Minister [[Pádraig Flynn]] and Minister of State [[Máire Geoghegan-Quinn]] and subsequently [[Noel Treacy]]. The vote failed by 55 votes to 22.

This is a partial list:
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*[[David Andrews (politician)|David Andrews]]
*[[Michael Barrett (Irish politician)|Michael Barrett]]
*[[Brian Cowen]]
*[[Noel Dempsey]]
*[[Jackie Fahey]]
*[[Liam Fitzgerald]]
*[[Pádraig Flynn]]
*[[Máire Geoghegan-Quinn]]
*[[Brian Hillery]]
*[[Tom Kitt (politician)|Tom Kitt]]
*[[Liam Lawlor]]
*[[Jimmy Leonard]]
*[[Charlie McCreevy]]
*[[M. J. Nolan]]
*[[John O'Connell (Dublin politician)|John O'Connell]]
*[[Willie O'Dea]]
*[[Seán Power (politician)|Seán Power]]  
*[[Albert Reynolds]]
*[[Michael Smith (Irish politician)|Michael Smith]]
*[[Noel Treacy]]
*[[Joe Walsh (Irish politician)|Joe Walsh]]
))
==References==
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[[Category:Charles Haughey]]
[[Category:History of Fianna Fáil]]
[[Category:Politics of the Republic of Ireland]]

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