Original sentence: Cosgrave can be accused of calling the 1977 election prematurely, as the Irish economy was recovering rapidly in early 1977 and a later election in the autumn or winter of that year may have been more propitious for the National Coalition.Donegan offered his resignation on two occasions, as well as sending a fulsome apology to the President.Fianna Fáil won unexpected second seats in many Dublin constituencies, in particular.It has been argued that Cosgrave fell into the category of being a "chairman" rather than a "chief" as far as the day to day running of his Government was concerned.The irony was that Fianna Fáil are likely to have won without the promises it had given.When, in the aftermath of the assassination of the British Ambassador to Ireland, Sir Christopher Ewart Biggs, the President referred a number of key anti-terrorist Bills to the Supreme Court to test their constitutionality (in accordance with his constitutional right as President), Paddy Donegan, an outspoken minister with a reputation for saying the wrong thing and who it turned out had a drink problem and had taken some drink that day, lashed the President as a "thundering disgrace" in a speech to senior army officers
Edited sentence: A later election in the autumn or winter of that year would have been far more propitious for the National Coalition.Cosgrave can be accused of calling the 1977 election prematurely, as the Irish economy was recovering rapidly in early 1977.Cosgrave, like his father in the twenties, fell into the category of being a "chairman" rather than a "chief" as far as the day to day running of his Government was concerned.Donegan, an honourable man, twice offered his resignation, as well as sending a fulsome apology to the President.Fianna Fáil won unexpected second seats in much of Dublin, in particular.The irony was that Fianna Fáil would have won anyway and did not need to make the promises it had given.When, in the aftermath of the assassination of the British Ambassador to Ireland, Sir Christopher Ewart Biggs, the President correctly referred a number of key anti-terrorist Bills to the Supreme Court to test their constitutionality, Paddy Donegan, an outspoken minister with a reputation for saying the wrong thing and who it turned out had a drink problem and had taken some drink that day, lashed the President as a "thundering disgrace" in a speech to senior army officers