As I Saw It: Reviewing over 30 Years of Fianna Fail and Irish Politics.
Author: FAULKNER, Padraig.
Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 2005. x, 194 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
FROM HIS EARLY days as deputy for Louth, to serving in the governments of Lemass, Lynch and Haughey, Padraig Faulkner was a Government Minister and distinguished Ceann Comhairle during pivotal periods of Ireland’s history.
FOR THE FIRST time, Faulkner gives his personal account of behind-the-scenes meetings and events throughout his long career, including the turbulent times of the Arms Crisis, 1969-71, the Northern Troubles, the Fianna Fail leadership battles and the, often clandestine, inner workings of the party. As the Minister for Education who received the Kennedy Report he also reveals the Department’s reaction at the time and looks back on the subsequent revelations that rocked Irish society. He also charts the remarkable social history of Ireland’s move from a rural agricultural society to the industrial prosperity we enjoy today.
In this candid account Padraig Faulkner sets the record straight - as he saw it.
ISBN: 0863279090
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