Author Donal Ryan vents at Leo Varadkar

Taoiseach derided as ‘Fr Trendy’

Donal Ryan: ‘Most people’s ambition is to be happy’ Picture: Alan Place

Award-winning author Donal Ryan has delivered a scathing criticism of modern Irish society in an exclusive interview with The Sunday Business Post.

Ryan, whose novel The Spinning Heart was famous for the hard truths it told about the Celtic boom and bust era, argues that the economy has left huge swathes of Irish society behind and that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s government is out of touch with what Irish people really want.

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