More to Mara than just clever soundbites and witty ripostesThe FF handler was the most effective campaign manager in Irish political history
The decline and fall of the Fianna Fáil empireThe End of the Party: How Fianna Fáil Lost its Grip on Power by Bruce Arnold and Jason O'Toole. Gill & Macmillan, €17. AND Fianna Fáil by Noel Whelan. Gill & Macmillan, €25.
Real heroes for all the peopleIrrespective of changes in intellectual sentiment, the public has always been consistent in appreciating the actions and sacrifices of those who fought at Easter 1916 and in the War of Independence.