Showtime by Pat Leahy

Showtime by Pat Leahy

In boom and in bust, Ireland has been led by Fianna Fail. "Showtime" gets behind the party's remarkable dominance of the political landscape and leading political writer Pat Leahy, tells the gripping story of how it won, kept and has used power since the mid-1990s. "Showtime" explains how Fianna Fail operated during the boom years - from November 1994, when Bertie Ahern assumed leadership of a battered party, expecting to become Taoiseach but instead finding himself cast into opposition, to the day he relinquished the party leadership on the brink of the bust. For a decade after it achieved power in 1997, Fianna Fail led the government during an unprecedented economic boom and enjoyed riches beyond the wildest dreams of any previous administration. "Showtime" reveals how government really worked in these years: the favours, the grudges, the backroom deals, the political strokes, the policy compromises and the choices that have led the country to where it is today. "Showtime" is politics in the raw: the exciting, enlightening and sometimes disturbing story of a remarkable era that changed the face of modern Ireland.

Pat Leahy is the political editor of the Sunday Business Post, and is a regular contributor to political discussions on radio and television programmes. Showtime is his first book.

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ISBN 13	9781844882021
ISBN 10	1844882020
Title	Showtime
Author	Pat Leahy
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2009-08-27
Number of pages	384
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