Forty Years of Controversy

Forty Years of Controversy

by T. Ryle Dwyer (Author)

Synopsis

Charles J. Haughey, over the last five decades, has been involved in major political scandals of Watergate proportions: the Arms Crisis, the telephone tapping scandal, the Beef Tribunal, the Ben Dunne payments, tax evasion, the Terry Keane revelations, the Moriarty Tribunal investigation into payments to politicians, the McCracken Tribunal, etc.; In this revised edition of Fallen Idol, Ryle Dwyer updates the scandals and delivers his conclusions on the Haughey Years.; Lively, succinct, opinionated, drawing extensively on in-depth research, Forty Years of Controversy is the indispensable handbook for anyone intrigued by one of Ireland's most inscrutable politicians.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: The Mercier Press Ltd
Published: 01 Jan 2005

ISBN 10: 1856354261
ISBN 13: 9781856354264

Author Bio
T. Ryle Dwyer was educated in Tralee CBS and at the University of North Texas, USA, where he received BA, MA and PhD degrees in history. He is a regular columnist with the Irish Examiner and has published eighteen books on different aspects of twentieth-century Irish history, including a highly-acclaimed biography of Charles J. Haughey, Short Fellow.