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Politics: The Great Betrayal: How the Government with the Largest Majority in the History of the Irish State Lost its People

By John Drennan

Gill & Macmillan,€19.95

Reviewed by Andrew Lynch

Enda Kenny will not be putting this book on his Christmas present list. As its title suggests, The Great Betrayal is a searing indictment of our current government’s failure to respect the enormous mandate won by Fine Gael and Labour back in ...