The Great Betrayal

How the Government with the Largest Majority in the History of the Irish State Lost its People

Nonfiction, History, Ireland, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Practical Politics
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Author: John Drennan ISBN: 9780717168774
Publisher: Gill Books Publication: September 4, 2015
Imprint: Gill Books Language: English
Author: John Drennan
ISBN: 9780717168774
Publisher: Gill Books
Publication: September 4, 2015
Imprint: Gill Books
Language: English

From penalty points to water charges, funding cuts to tax hikes, The Great Betrayal is a cutting assessment of the upheavals, egos and scraps that shaped the 31st Dáil by Ireland’s most sagacious political pundit-turned-political operator

As the curtain falls on this government’s term in office, it has fallen drastically out of favour, something that is hard to believe if we cast our minds back just a few years to 2011, when Fine Gael and Labour rode a wave of populist sentiment all the way to Dáil Eireann. No Irish government has ever enjoyed a larger majority – and none has ever so comprehensively squandered its mandate. How did the Coalition fall so far so fast?

Written with the unique insight of one of the most original observers of Irish politics, The Great Betrayal provides an entertaining and enlightening narrative of a government that, in the eyes of many, betrayed the hopes of the Irish electorate for a democratic revolution, almost immediately after being elected with a thumping majority.

The Great Betrayal is required reading for anyone wondering how it all went wrong and where we might go from here.

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From penalty points to water charges, funding cuts to tax hikes, The Great Betrayal is a cutting assessment of the upheavals, egos and scraps that shaped the 31st Dáil by Ireland’s most sagacious political pundit-turned-political operator

As the curtain falls on this government’s term in office, it has fallen drastically out of favour, something that is hard to believe if we cast our minds back just a few years to 2011, when Fine Gael and Labour rode a wave of populist sentiment all the way to Dáil Eireann. No Irish government has ever enjoyed a larger majority – and none has ever so comprehensively squandered its mandate. How did the Coalition fall so far so fast?

Written with the unique insight of one of the most original observers of Irish politics, The Great Betrayal provides an entertaining and enlightening narrative of a government that, in the eyes of many, betrayed the hopes of the Irish electorate for a democratic revolution, almost immediately after being elected with a thumping majority.

The Great Betrayal is required reading for anyone wondering how it all went wrong and where we might go from here.

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