Gang of 22 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: The name is a pun on 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 (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
Gang of Four 6 October 1976, Hua had the four leading radicals and a number of their lesser associates arrested. Han Suyin gave a detailed account of their overthrow: According to historian Immanuel C.Y. Hsü, the operation was not completely bloodless — Wang Hongwen killed two of the guards trying to capture him, and was wounded himself before being subdued. Beginning on 21 October, nationwide denunciations of the Gang began, which culminated in the December release of files related to the Gang's alleged crimes to the public. Chinese media blamed the Gang of Four for all the excesses of the Cultural Revolution. Celebrations