 The document was an echo of Fianna Fáil's republican origins, and although Lynch was not happy with it, he did not stop it.Controversy continued to dog the National Coalition when the President of Ireland, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, resigned in 1976, after being called a "thundering disgrace" by the Minister for Defence, Paddy Donegan.Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave refused to sack his Minister and the government's popularity took a downturn.