 The acronym GUBU (grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented) was coined by Conor Cruise O'Brien and later applied to reflect the entirety of Haughey's March–December 1982 government, a government marred by constant turmoil.In December 2012, Banville was being interviewed by Fintan O'Toole at an evening dedicated to the essayist Hubert Butler in Trinity College Dublin.MacArthur, recently released from prison, was in the audience.