{"product_id":"bertie-power-and-money","title":"Bertie Power and Money","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fascinating story of the man who blew the boom.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eColm Keena, the journalist who first broke the story of Bertie Ahern’s finances, gives us an in-depth examination of the former Taoiseach’s character, his lust for power and his obsession with money.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eKeena scrutinises the evidence produced by the Mahon Tribunal about Ahern’s personal finances and his personal political machine, and illustrates the lengths to which Ahern went in his effort to hide the truth about what he was up to.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAhern’s political career is re-charted in the light of what we now know about his character. Keena looks at how his desire for power existed alongside an almost complete absence of political conviction, this lack of which left him open to the influence of those with strong opinions, and did nothing to arrest his mismanagement of the Irish economy. His lust for popularity brought Ireland from rude good health to economic disaster. An historic opportunity was squandered, but Bertie walked away from the wreckage with his wallet bulging.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHis legacy: the near-destruction of a European economy and the collapse of one of the most successful political parties of the past hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fascinating story of the man who blew the boom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55123890110851,"sku":"9780717150694","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/85edc184263d300d57f2a776103d31ef.jpg?v=1741012098","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/bertie-power-and-money","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}