This Great Little Nation [Paperback]

Gene Kerrigan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 1999

From Ansbacher to Zoe, from Locke to Lowry, from a sex/murder scandal of the 1920s to the banking scandals of the 1990s. AIB, NIB, Littlejohn, Lenihan, Mary Robinson and Russell Murphy. Magdalen laundries and clerical sex abuse, ministerial pensions and mature recollections. From the Great Tampon Scandal of 1944 to the Arms Crisis of 1970. From Taca to Tuffy to Traynor: tax dodging, insurance churning, money laundering, pick-me-ups, heavy gangs and thundering disgraces. McCracken, Moriarty, Flood, Telecom, planning, Haughey, Burke, Bertie and Bruton. And the secrets of the PD skip. As the bank manager said to Charlie, "it's a great little nation." Other books by Gene Kerrigan Another Country Hard Cases Never Make a Promise You Can't Break.

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About the Author

Gene Kerrigan wrote the bestselling 'Hard Cases' and 'Another Country'. He writes for the 'Sunday Independent'. Pat Brennan was deputy editor of 'Magill' magazine and the 'Sunday Tribune'. She is now an editor with RTE News.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Gill & Macmillan (November 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0717129373
• ISBN-13: 978-0717129379
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,575,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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