Irish Politics and Political Biography.

Acts of the Oireachtas 1957 - HB - Dáil Éireann - Bound

Bound in red cloth, titles to spine, the full legislation of the Houses of the Oireachtas for 1957 ' Consisting of The Public general Acts and A rivate Act, with Tables and index - DUAL LANGUAGE (...

Alan Shatter / Life is a Funny Business (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

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Alan Shatter / Life is a Funny Business (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback).

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Alan Shatter / Life is a Funny Business : A Very Personal Story (Large Paperback)

   In Life is a Funny Business Alan Shatter revisits his early life experiences and explores how he was shaped and influenced by them.For the first time he describes the tragedy and comedy...

Albert Reynolds / Albert Reynolds : My Autobiography (Hardback)

 I was a businessman, a risk taker.' - Albert Reynolds. 'Albert was a trader and Albert was a dealer - he was a bottom-line man.' - John Major. Albert Reynolds has led an extraordinary life...

Arthur Mitchell & Pádraig Ó Snodaigh - Irish Political Documents 1916-1949 - PB - 1985

Published by Irish Academic Press, 1985, a collection of documents, military papers, public declarations, treaty documents, letters, political broadsides and Dáil speeches from the period...

Basil Chubb - The Government and Politics of Ireland - 2ND Edition ( 1984)

The second edition of Government and Politics in Ireland , originally published in 1982. Amongst the topics covered are political parties, pressure groups, the government and the Dail and local...

Basil Chubb / The Government and Politics of Ireland (Large Paperback)

The third edition of Government and Politics in Ireland has been updated to take account of the political developments that have taken place in Ireland between 1981 and 1991. Amongst the topics...

Brendan O'Brien - The Long War : The IRA and Sinn Féin ( 1985 to 1992) - HB 1993

Hardcover, published by O'Brien Press, 1993.  An interesting and detailed account of the wider Republican movement in the years after the hunger strikes and before the nascent Peace Process (...

Brian Kenny - Tony Heffernan - From Merrion Square to Merrion Street - PB - BRAND NEW Signed

A book about left wing irish politics 1970- 2011, Biography of Tony Heffernan a key media handler and back room organiser in Workers Party, Democratic Left and Labour Party. Member of IRA and Sinn...

Brian Lenihan - For the Record - Blackwater Press - Politics Ireland - 1991 - Fianna Fáil - Presidency Elections

A first edition copy of Brian Lenihan ( Snr) 's 1991 autobiography, For The Record, published by Blackwater Press 1991. Primarily a response by Lenihan to his failed Presidential bid in 1990, where...

Brian Walker - Irish History Matters : Politics, Identities and Commemoration- BRAND NEW

While knowledge of history can explain our contemporary situation, an awareness of the myths and misuses of our history can bring a broader and more conciliatory approach to current political and...

Bruce Arnold - What Kind of Country - Modern Irish Politics 1968-1983 - PB

It would be comforting to claim that Ireland came of age during this period' writes Bruce Arnold... ' the evidence does not support that claim' ...   Arnold examines the relationship between...

Conor Lenihan / Albert Reynolds - Risktaker for Peace (Signed by the Author) (Hardback)

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Conor Lenihan / Haughey Prince of Power (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

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Conor Mcmorrow / Dail Stars from Croke Park to Leinster House (Large Paperback)

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Cornelius O'Leary - Irish Elections 1918-1977 - Parties, Voters and Proportional Representation - PB

Paperback, published by Gill and Macmillan, 1979.  Gives a complet account of every general election in what became the Republic of Ireland, from the 1918 Sinn Féin landslide, up to...

David Norris / A Kick Against The Pricks : The Autobiography (Hardback)

   David Norris is one of Ireland's most popular, colourful and charismatic public figures. Not a man to shy away from controversy, he has spent most of his adult life challenging the...

Deirdre McCarthy ( Editor) / The Week in Politics Election 2011 and 31st Dail (Coffee Table Book)

A pre-election guide to the 2011 Irish General Election, co-published by RTE , with content from election analysts.      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the...

Desmond O'Malley / Conduct Unbecoming : A Memoir (Hardback)

   Desmond O'Malley's career coincided with one of the most intense periods in Irish political life. In this landmark political memoir he offers fresh insights into the events that have...

Diarmaid Ferriter / The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics (Large Paperback)

'Anyone who wishes to understand why Brexit is so intractable should read this book. I can think of several MPs who ought to.' the Times'Ferriter's judicious book shows that Brexiters' recklessness,...

Dick Walsh - The Party : Inside Fianna Fáil - PB - 1986

Paperback, published by Gill & Macmillan 1986, Dick Walsh was an Irish Times journalist at the time of publication.  Described as 'the first book to get behind the scenes in Fianna...

Donal de Buitléir & Frances Ruane ( Editors) / Governance and Policy in Ireland : Essays in Honour of Miriam Hederman O’Brien -

Governance and Policy in Ireland: Essays in Honour of Miriam Hederman O’Brien.  (2003  Institute of Public Administration (IPA) publication analyzing Irish public policy, taxation,...

Dorothy Watson / Mapping Poverty (Large Paperback)

National, Regional, and County Patterns Mapping poverty is a longstanding concern, both for researchers and policy makers. This study updates and extends previous research on the spatial distribution...

Eamon Gilmore / Inside the Room : The Untold Story of Ireland's Crisis Government (Large Paperback)

 March 2011, in Ireland: Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore have just formed a coalition government between Fine Gael and Labour Party. Ireland's banks are broken, unemployment is heading toward half...

Eamon Gilmore / Leading Lights : The People Who've Inspired Me (Large Paperback)

 In this book the Leader of the Labour Party makes surprising revelations about people who have influenced him personally and politically. It is an enjoyable read and a fascinating insight into...

Fergus Finlay / Mary Robinson: A President with a Purpose (Large Paperback)

An account of the election campaign in Ireland, in which a woman constitutional lawyer, considered a rank outsider, rocked the political system to be elected President of Ireland.All of our books are...

Fintan O'Toole - Enough is Enough : How to Build a New Republic - PB 2010

The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming...

Francis Devine & Kieran Jack McGinley - Left Lives in Twentieth Century Ireland Volume 2 - PB - SIGNED - 2019

Published by Umiskin Press, Dublin, 2019.  Signed to the the title page by some of the contributors - Des Derwin, Mags 'Brien, and editor Francis Devine. also signed by the subject of one of the...

Frank Connolly / Tom Gilmartin : The Man Who Brought Down a Taoiseach and Exposed the Greed and Corruption at the Heart of Irish Politics (Large Paperback)

 No. 1 BestsellerA successful property developer in England, the Sligo-born Tom Gilmartin had ambitious plans for major retail developments in Dublin in the late 1980s. Little did he know that...

Frank Dunlop / Yes, Taoiseach: Irish Politics from Behind Closed Doors (Hardback)

For nearly two decades Dunlop had a bird's eye view of the good that politicians do, and the bad. Sitting at the shoulder of the legendary Jack Lynch during his fall from power; working with the...

Frank Lahiffe / Seamus Brennan : A Life in Government (Hardback)

 This unique and timely book is a chronicle of the unrivaled political life of the late Seamus Brennan, who for over 21 years (1987-2008) served as a Government minister in nine different...

Garret Fitzgerald / All in a Life (Large Paperback)

 Garret FitzGerald is an economist, statistician, journalist, barrister, historian and politician who was twice Taoiseach of Ireland in the 1980s. This autobiography of an Irish Prime Minister...

Garret Fitzgerald / Ireland in the World : Further (Hardback)

    A collection of essays, many of which have not previously appeared in print, on Irish history and politics, contemporary Irish society and world affairs by twice former Taoiseach...

Garret FitzGerald / Ireland in the World : Further Reflections (Large Paperback)

   A collection of essays, many of which have not previously appeared in print, on Irish history and politics, contemporary Irish society and world affairs by twice former Taoiseach and...

Garret Fitzgerald / Just Garret (Large Paperback)

   Here is Garret FitzGerald the person - from the young newlywed in his first job, to the Taoiseach grappling with economic crises and dealing with world leaders like Margaret Thatcher...

Garret Fitzgerald / Reflections on the Irish State (Hardback)

   In recent years Ireland has experienced rapid change, economically, politically, socially and constitutionally, yet until now there has been no sustained multi-disciplinary study of...

Gary Murphy / Haughey (Hardback)

With exclusive access to the Haughey archives, Gary Murphy presents a reassessment of Charles Haughey’s life and legacy.Saint or sinner? He was the most talented and influential politician of...

Gerry Adams - An Irish Eye - PB - 2007

The recent years covered by this unique book have seen momentous developments in Irish republicanism and in the politics of Ireland as a whole. From the IRA decision in 2005 to formally end its armed...

Gerry Adams / A Farther Shore: Ireland's Long Road to Peace (Hardback)

He’s been imprisoned, shot at, denounced, shunned, and banned, yet Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams remains resolute in his belief that peace is the only viable option for the Irish...

Gerry Adams / Free Ireland : Towards a Lasting Peace (Large Paperback)

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Gerry Adams / Hope and History : Making Peace in Ireland (Hardback)

 The unique inside story of one of the most controversial public figures, Gerry Adams here reveals the truth behind the headlines of how the peace process was begun and how it was brought to...

Gerry Adams / Selected Writings (Large Paperback)

"Adams writes fluently and observantly . . . He displays a hard-edged compassion for the silent poor, the old and the down-and-out." Financial Times   This book is second hand, and while you may...

Henry McDonald / Trimble

A biography of David Trimble. It tells of the evolution of a man whose hand was held high in traditional Unionist defiance by Ian Paisley at the siege of Drumcree in 1996, into a man whose hand...

Ivan Yates / Full on (Hardback)

In Full On, ex-government minister, businessman and broadcaster Ivan Yates recounts a fascinating political and personal story. From his early days in Enniscorthy to his youthful entry into national...

J. J. Lee - Ireland 1912-1985 : Politics and Society (Large Paperback)

Ireland, 1912-1985 was the first study on this scale of Irish performance, North and South, in the twentieth century. Although stressing the primacy of politics in Irish public affairs, it argues...

Joe Joyce & Peter Murtagh - The Boss - Charles J. Haughey in Government PB Irish Politics 1st Ed 1983

A paperback first edition , 1983 of the classic study of Charlie Haughey as Taoiseach in the early 1980's - The Boss, published by Poolbeg Press. Controversial and groundbreaking in it's time,...

Joe Joyce / The Boss : Charles J.Haughey in Government

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John Coakley / Reforming Political Institutions - Ireland in Comparative Perspective (Large Paperback)

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John Cooney - The Crozier & the Dáil : Church and State in Ireland 1922-1986 - PB - 1986

John Cooney was religious affairs correspondent with the Irish Times from the 1970's - this is his concise study of the complex role the Church played in first actively influencing the new Irish...

John Cooney / Battleship Bertie : Politics in Ahern's Ireland (Large Paperback)

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John Downing / Enda Kenny : The Unlikely Taoiseach (Hardback)

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