Irish Politics and Political Biography.

Gavan Reilly / The Secret Life Of Leinster House (Large Paperback)

What is it like to run for election? How do public representatives deal with the cut-throat competition from their rivals – and their own running mates? How intense is the work? What’s...

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 / An Irish Journal (Large Paperback)

The views and insights of the leader of Irish Republicanism in a wide-ranging collection of articles. A unique insight into recent Irish politics, this new book covers the crucial period between...

Gerry Adams / Before the Dawn : An Autobiography

Widely regarded as the most controversial figure in Irish politics, Gerry Adams has been President of Sinn Fein since 1983. This memoir follows the years of conflict and struggle, from the pogroms of...

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 / Hope and History: Making Peace in Ireland

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 fruition...

Gerry Adams / Never Give Up:: Selected Writings (Large Paperback)

* Author is a high profile public figure with a strong following.* Writes for the first time about the death of close friend Martin McGuinness.* Guaranteed to generate media interest...

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

   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...

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 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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John Downing / Most Skilful, Most Devious, Most Cunning : A Political Biography of Bertie Ahern (Large Paperback)

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John Kelly - Belling the Cats : Selected Speeches & Articles - Politics Dáil 1992

This collection presents a selection of John Kelly's Dáil speeches and public statements on subjects as diverse as the day-to-day life of a TD, the humbug of Irish neutrality, the scourge of...

Jude Mangan / Little Book of Irish Political Bullshit

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Justine McCarthy / Mary McAleese - The Outsider (Large Paperback)

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Ken Foxe / Snouts in the Trough (Large Paperback)

   From the salubrious offices of John O'Donoghue, the former Ceann Comhairle, to Senator Ivor Callely's long commute to work, award-winning journalist Ken Foxe provides an irresistible...

Ken Whelan / Bertie Ahern : Taoiseach and Peacemaker (Large Paperback)

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Kevin O'Connor / Sweetie: How Haughey Spent the Money (Hardback)

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Kevin Rafter / Neil Blaney - A Soldier of Destiny (Large Paperback)

Biography of the notable Donegal politician.    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same...

Kieran Allen / Ireland's Economic Crash (Large Paperback)

"Ireland's Economic Crash: A Radical Agenda for Change" recounts how a miracle economy turned into an economic disaster zone. While its ordinary people suffer, the government bails out banks and...

Lorna Siggins / Mary Robinson : The Woman Who Took Power in the Park (Hardback)

Almost 30 years after the young graduate in a mini-skirt broke the mould and was elected to the Irish Senate, Mary Robinson is still considered by many an Irish role model. A human-rights lawyer and...

Malachi O'Doherty / How to Fix Northern Ireland (Large Paperback)

A highly topical and original investigation into the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland, published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement. In this thought-provoking and...

Malcolm MacLachlan / Happy Nation?: Prospects for Psychological Prosperity in Ireland (Large Paperback)

The National Happiness Experiment was a pioneering text-based survey in Ireland, run over six weeks in May 2012. Designed by the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, the NHE surveyed a...

Martyn Turner - A Fistful of Dáilers - Political Cartoons 1983-1987 - PB

A Fistful of Dáilers' Political Cartoons 1983-1987 by Martyn Turner, noted Irish Times cartoonist.  1987. tanning to pages, some corners dogeared. Larger format paperback, all cartoons in...

Martyn Turner - Endgames - Political Cartoons and Other Stuff 2015-2020 - PB

Large format paperback, with cartoons in colour, all from the Irish Times newspaper, 2015-2020 ( including the Covid Years and a Brexit special section, with many Boris cartoons)   

Martyn Turner - Pack Up Your Troubles - 25 Years of Northern Ireland Cartoons - PB - 1995

Paperback, co-published by Lilliput Press and Irish Times Books , Martyn Turtmer was the longterm cartoonist for the Irish Times Newspaper. 

Mary Kenny - Goodbye to Catholic Ireland - PB - 1997

This is a cultural and personal narrative of the author's native society, from the fall of Parnell to the rise of President Mary Robinson. A social history of the 20th century in Ireland, the book...

Mary McAleese / Here's the Story : A Memoir (Hardback)

 The groundbreaking two-term President of Ireland tells the stories of her lifeWhen a young Mary McAleese told a priest that she planned to become a lawyer, the priest dismissed the idea: she...

Mary McAleese / Here's the Story: A Memoir

 When a young Mary McAleese told a priest that she planned to become a lawyer, the priest dismissed the she knew no one in the law, and she was female. The reality of what she went on to...

Mary McAleese / President Mary McAleese : Building Bridges (Hardback)

 From 1997 to 2011, Mary McAleese has served as President of Ireland, and become one of the most popular Presidents Ireland has ever has known.Representing Ireland on the world stage through the...

Mary Minihan / Dáil Spats

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Mary O'Rourke / Just Mary (Hardback)

 Although they have become more frequent in recent years, Irish political memoirs are still relatively rare. Even rarer still are political memoirs that still are frank, newsworthy and fun, like...

Mary O'Rourke / Letters of My Life (Hardback)

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Mary Robinson / Everybody Matters: A Memoir (Hardback)

Shortlisted for the Political Book Awards 2013 Political Book of the Year One of the most inspiring women of our age, Mary Robinson has spent her life in pursuit of a fairer world. Now, for the first...

Mary Robinson / Mary Robinson: The Woman Who Took Power in the Park (Hardback)

Almost 30 years after the young graduate in a mini-skirt broke the mould and was elected to the Irish Senate, Mary Robinson is still considered by many an Irish role model. A human-rights lawyer and...

Mary Robinson, Caitriona Palmer / Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future (Hardback)

 This is a book about farmers and activists in Africa, Asia and the americas, people whose livelihood is ruined by climate change and climate injustice. Ywt it is akso a celebration of their...

Matt Cooper / How Ireland Really Went Bust

   The definitive account of the tumultuous events that led to Ireland going broke in 2010From the night the Irish government guaranteed the debts of Irish banks in September 2008 Ireland...

Matt Cooper / How Ireland Really Went Bust (Large Paperback)

From the night when the Irish government guaranteed the debts of Irish banks in September 2008, to November 2010 when heavy hitters from the IMF and the ECB arrived in government buildings , Ireland...

Matt Cooper / Who Really Runs Ireland? (Large Paperback)

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Michael D. Higgins - Power to the People : Essays : The Hot Press Years - HB SIGNED

Hardcover, published by Hot Press, signed by Michael D Higgins, 2024.  This edition was sold only via Hot Press directly, the standard trade-sold edition was unsigned.  An essential read...

Michael D. Higgins / When Ideas Matter : Speeches for an Ethical Republic

The President of Ireland since 2011, when he was elected by a final tally of almost 57% of the votes, Michael D. Higgins has set out a vision of what he calls "an ethical Republic." In a series of...

Michael Heney - The Arms Crisis of 1970 : The Plot that Never Was - Paperback

The number one Irish Times bestseller. In 1970, Taoiseach Jack Lynch accused two cabinet ministers, Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney, of smuggling arms to the IRA in Northern Ireland. The criminal...

Michael O'Sullivan - Seán Lemass : A Biography - HB 1st Edition - 1994 - Politics

This book follows the development of the career of the man who has been called "the maker of modern Ireland" and who was lauded as "the Manager of Ireland Inc.", Lemass has remained something of an...

Michael O'Sullivan / Mary Robinson (Hardback)

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