When Fine Gael and Labour swept into government, in February 2011 they knew they were facing the greatest crisis in the history of the state. What confronted them was beyond their direst imaginings. Pat Leahy's The Price of Power is the riveting inside story of how they have led and misled Ireland. The Price of Power tells the story of trying to govern a country on the verge of ruin the favors, the deals, the policy compromises, and previously unthinkable choices that had to be made. It is a gripping tale of high drama (and high dudgeon), of betrayal, backstabbing, and...
When Fine Gael and Labour swept into government, in February 2011 they knew they were facing the greatest crisis in the history of the state. What con...