Who Really Runs Ireland?: The story of the elite who led Ireland from bust to boom ... and back again

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Penguin UK, 1 d’oct. 2009 - 496 pàgines

The story of the elite who led Ireland from bust to boom ... and back to bust again

Having money and not having it; making it and losing it; using it and misusing it; giving it and taking it ... this is the story of Ireland during the boom, described in jaw-dropping detail in Who Really Runs Ireland?

Leading journalist Matt Cooper identifies the most influential people in Ireland during the Celtic Tiger era, describes how they interacted with each other to mutual benefit, and reveals who were the few to retain their power amid the debris arising from the bursting of the Irish economic bubble.

'Highly accessible and akin to a good thriller ... fascinating ... compelling' Sunday Tribune

'Hugely entertaining as well as instructive' Irish Independent

'Impressive and eminently readable' Irish Times

'An eye-opener ... you might be driven to tears of rage' David McCullagh, RTE

'The detail is riveting ... and a lot of it illuminating'Irish Examiner

'The scale of Cooper's research is highly impressive ... an in-depth reference guide to folly and hubris' Sunday Business Post

'Complex but surprisingly reader-friendly ... a rattling, and frequently horrifying, read' Hot Press

'Superbly readable and insightful ... a must-have' Irish Mail on Sunday

 

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Continguts

The hard landing
PART I
Payback
His masters voices
PART II
The fundraiser
The money labyrinth
What friends are
Fair play to you Willie
The fall of Sean FitzPatrick
The man at the mutual
PART VI
Catching the development disease
Loadsa leverage
PART VII
The battle for the Independent

Berties closest confidante
Circle of friends
A day at the races
PART III
Probably the best Minister for Finance in the world
Tax is for the young and the poor
PART IV
Stay Faraway So Close
Killmallocks answer to Santa Claus
Charlies loyal friend
Still I rise
PART V
The bank of the boom
The man who boobytrapped the bank
Going for growth
The St Patricks Day massacre
Losing the biggest bet of his life
Testing times for Tony OReilly
PART VIII
Two humps on the same camel
A carrot rather than a stick approach
PART IX
The price for drinking too deeply from the national cup
The NAMA cure as bad as the banking disease?
The view from abroad
Doing the right thing to impress the global financial
The end of the affair
Getting the country back on its feet again
PART X
The man they love to hate
Taking off again
Postscript
Index
Copyright

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Sobre l'autor (2009)

In over twenty years as a reporter (Business & Finance, Sunday Business Post, Irish Independent) and editor (Sunday Tribune), and now as a radio presenter (Today FM) and newspaper opinion columnist (Sunday Times, Irish Examiner), Matt Cooper has enjoyed proximity and access to the most significant people in Irish politics and business, hearing from them and hearing about them from a variety of sources. His depth of experience means he is in an unrivalled position to assess and interpret the actions of the powerful and their implications for us all.

Informació bibliogràfica

TítolWho Really Runs Ireland?: The story of the elite who led Ireland from bust to boom ... and back again
AutorMatt Cooper
EditorPenguin UK, 2009
ISBN0141932309, 9780141932309
Nre. de pàgines496 pàgines
  
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