In the 1980s CIE planned to make Temple Bar into a bus station. Haughey had other plans, passing the Temple Bar Renewal and Development Bill which created two state companies, Temple Bar Properties Ltd and Temple Bar Renewal Ltd which were established to oversee the regeneration of the entire area.

This article outlines Haughey’s role in the creation of the National Treasury Management Agency

Professor George Eogan outlines Haughey’s contribution to Heritage and Archaeology.