Who Really Runs Ireland?

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Highly accessible and akin to a good thriller ... fascinating ... compelling' Sunday TribuneHaving money and not having it, making it and losing it, using it and misusing it, giving it and taking it ... this is the story of Ireland during the boom, described in jaw-dropping detail in Who Really Runs Ireland?Leading journalist Matt Cooper identifies the most influential people in Ireland during the Celtic Tiger era, describes how they interacted with each other to mutual benefit, and reveals who are the few to retain their power amid the debris arising from the bursting of our economic bubble. 'As an overview of what went on this is by far the most readable of the various books now on the shelves ... hugely entertaining as well as instructive' Irish Independent'Impressive and eminently readable' Irish Times'An eye-opener ... you might be driven to tears of rage reading Matt Cooper' David McCullagh, Political Correspondent, RTÉ'I am disgusted at how well written it is and its insights about the social partners and the tribunals' Shane Ross, Sunday Independent and author of The Bankers'The detail is riveting ... and a lot of it illuminating' Irish Examiner'The scale of Cooper's research is highly impressive ... an in-depth reference guide to the folly and hubris that brought the country to its current state' Sunday Business Post'Complex but surprisingly reader-friendly ... a rattling, and frequently horrifying, read' Hot Press