The Guarding of Ireland by Conor Brady
Unsparing and comprehensive,The Guarding of Irelandtells the story of the Garda Siochanafrom the late 1960s to the present day.Conor Brady has been a journalist, editor and author for more than 40 years and is widely recognised as the most authoritative historian of Irish policing.
From Tullamore, he studied history and politics at UCD. On graduation in 1969 he joined The Irish Times where he was editor from 1986 to 2002, the culmination of a long, successful career in print and broadcast journalism. His memoir Up with The Times was published by Gill & Macmillan in 2005.
Brady was also editor of the Garda Review for a time and in 1974 published a history of the Garda Síochána from its foundation to 1972, Guardians of the Peace (Gill & Macmillan).
Since retiring from The Irish Times he has continued to have a varied and interesting career. Among the roles he has assumed are writer of crime fiction, member of the Remembrance Commission, founding Commissioner of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and weekly columnist with The Sunday Times.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780717159369 |
| ISBN 10 | 0717159361 |
| Title | The Guarding of Ireland |
| Author | Conor Brady |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Gill |
| Year published | 2014-09-26 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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