In Bed With The Blueshirts: Ross pulls back the curtain on an eventful time in office

Shane Ross pulls few punches in a book which eschews policy in favour of political intrigue

Shane Ross has written an entertaining account of his time in government. Picture: Fergal Phillips

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In Bed With The Blueshirts

By Shane Ross

Atlantic Books, €12.99

For the first half-century after independence, no senior politician took pen in hand to lay down his or her thoughts about the state of the country and the business of governing it. The wounds of the Civil War were still too raw to risk inciting old emotions or dredging up painful memories.

More surprising is the paucity of output since then. Noel Browne ...