Fallen Idol: Haughey's Controversial Career by T. Ryle Dwyer - 1998-06

Mercier Press, Limited, The. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Mercier Press, Limited, The. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

The Mercier Press Ltd, 1997-08-31. Paperback. Good. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the pages.

Cork : Mercier Press, 1997. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 191 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Haughey, Charles. Prime ministers Ireland ; Biography. Politicians Ireland ; Biography. Political corruption Ireland. Ireland Politics and government 1949-.

The Mercier Press Ltd, 1997 Book. Good. Soft cover. The card cover is creased. This is the story of Haughey's controversial career, from the 1960s to date, drawing extensively on personal recollection. The book is a reissue of Ryle Dwyer's "Haughey's Thirty Years of Controversy", with a new updated chapter on recent events in the Haughey saga. Charles Haughey and controversy have always been synonymous. He has been involved in major political scandals of Watergate proportions in four different decades: in the 1960s and 1970s as Fianna Fail minister; and in the 1980s as a Taoiseach minister. When Sean Doherty finally blew the whistle on the "Liffeygate" scandal - the earlier tapping of the telephones of political journalists - Haughey fell from power in 1992. But it was the events of 1997, particularly the Payments to Politicians Tribunal, that finally toppled Charles Haughey. Fired by his prodigious self-belief, reassured by his ability to literally rise from the… Read More

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