The Inside Story of Fianna Fáil in Power

Showtime

Compelling ... at times, it is truly like a thriller

Studded with fascinating anecdotes ... immensely wise in its analysis and insight

Very impressive and told me a lot that I didn't know

Vigorous, breathless .... a book that makes one laugh and weep

I know where Pat Leahy got the information for his book. Nonsense. Fellas' ego trips

Pat Leahy is the political editor of the Sunday Business Post, and is a regular contributor to political discussions on radio and television programmes. Showtime is his first book.

In boom and in bust, Ireland has been led by Fianna Fáil. Showtime gets behind the party's remarkable dominance of the political landscape and leading political writer Pat Leahy, tells the gripping story of how it won, kept and has used power since the mid-1990s. 
 
Showtime is politics in the raw: the exciting, enlightening and sometimes disturbing story of a remarkable era that changed the face of modern Ireland.

Pat Leahy

Compelling ... at times it is truly like a thriller

Studded with fascinating anecdotes ... immensely wise ain its analysis and insight

Just brilliant. I couldn't put it down ... a great rollicking read

The book is very impressive and told me a lot that I didn't know

Witty yet measured ... a wealth of remarkable anecdotes ... the most remarkable passages completely overturn conventional wisdom

No lull in the narrative ... not just for political anoraks

Eoghan Harris, Sunday Independent on Showtime

Inside Ireland's Crisis Coalition

The Price of Power is the riveting inside story of Fine Gael and Labour in government. 
 
It is about trying to govern a country on the verge of ruin - the favours, the deals, the compromises and previously unthinkable choices that had to be made. It is a tale of high drama (and high dudgeon), of betrayal, backstabbing and disillusionment, of those who rose to the challenge and those who withered under the strain. 
 
With a mix of unrivalled inside information, astute analysis and exciting writing, acclaimed political writer Pat Leahy lifts the lid on the coalition that is supposed to set Ireland on the road to recovery.

Pat Leahy

Praise for The Price of Power

Compelling ... at times it is truly like a thriller

Studded with fascinating anecdotes ... immensely wise ain its analysis and insight

Just brilliant. I couldn't put it down ... a great rollicking read

Compelling ... at times it is truly like a thriller

Studded with fascinating anecdotes ... immensely wise ain its analysis and insight

Just brilliant. I couldn't put it down ... a great rollicking read

Compelling ... at times it is truly like a thriller

Studded with fascinating anecdotes ... immensely wise ain its analysis and insight

Just brilliant. I couldn't put it down ... a great rollicking read

Books by Pat Leahy

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