John Drennan: 4 books
Paddy Machiavelli – How to Get Ahead in Irish Politics
An Entertaining and Irreverent History of Irish Politicians
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
The good, the bad and the cynical – how to get ahead in Irish politics
It might appear strange that a 16th-century Italian political philosopher should provide us with a roadmap to political power in Ireland, but as John Drennan’s tongue-in-cheek account Paddy Machiavelli makes clear, the...
50 Dáil Debates that Shaped the Nation
Standing by the Republic
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
From the debates of the 1950s that were strikingly similar to what we face today – struggles against bankruptcy, emigration and abuse of power by the State – through the wars in the 70s and 80s over divorce and abortion, to the Jacobean dramas surrounding the fall of Haughey in the 1990s, this...
The Great Betrayal
How the Government with the Largest Majority in the History of the Irish State Lost its People
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
From penalty points to water charges, funding cuts to tax hikes, The Great Betrayal is a cutting assessment of the upheavals, egos and scraps that shaped the 31st Dáil by Ireland’s most sagacious political pundit-turned-political operator
As the curtain falls on this government’s term...
Violent States and Creative States (2 Volume Set)
From the Global to the Individual
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
This is a provocative collection exploring the different types of violence and how they relate to one another, examined through the integration of several disciplines, including forensic psychotherapy, psychiatry, sociology, psychosocial studies and political science. By examining the 'violent states'...