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The Untouchables: The people who helped wreck Ireland - and are still running the show

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ISBN: 9780241956243
AuthorWebb, Nick
Pub Date02/05/2013
BindingPaperback
Pages320
CountryGBR
Dewey320.9417
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Quick overview In March 2011, the Irish people elected a new government. But how much had really changed? In this book, the authors focuses on dark corners of official Ireland to show that the blame for running the country into the ground goes well beyond Fianna Fail, and that a dismaying number of the people who should share the blame are still in situ.
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A devastating new expose from the bestselling authors of The Bankers and Wasters.

In March 2011, the Irish people elected a new government. But how much had really changed? In The Untouchables, Shane Ross and Nick Webb shine a light into dark corners of official Ireland to show that the blame for running the country into the ground goes well beyond Fianna Fail, and that a dismaying number of the people who should share the blame are still in situ: in the civil service, on the boards of the leading companies, and in the banks, law firms, and consultancies that carry so much influence in deciding who wins and who loses. They name names, trace connections, and show how the untouchables managed to do so much damage, how they got away with it, and how so many of them are still in positions of power and influence in Ireland.

'Fascinating ... required reading for anyone interested in how crony capitalism and power work in practice in Ireland' Irish Times

'The Untouchables is hard to put down. Read it and seethe.' Irish Independent

Shane Ross is an independent TD for Dublin South, and columnist in the Sunday Independent. Nick Webb is business editor of the Sunday Independent. They are the authors of Wasters, 2010's top-selling Irish current affairs title.

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A devastating new expose from the bestselling authors of The Bankers and Wasters.

In March 2011, the Irish people elected a new government. But how much had really changed? In The Untouchables, Shane Ross and Nick Webb shine a light into dark corners of official Ireland to show that the blame for running the country into the ground goes well beyond Fianna Fail, and that a dismaying number of the people who should share the blame are still in situ: in the civil service, on the boards of the leading companies, and in the banks, law firms, and consultancies that carry so much influence in deciding who wins and who loses. They name names, trace connections, and show how the untouchables managed to do so much damage, how they got away with it, and how so many of them are still in positions of power and influence in Ireland.

'Fascinating ... required reading for anyone interested in how crony capitalism and power work in practice in Ireland' Irish Times

'The Untouchables is hard to put down. Read it and seethe.' Irish Independent

Shane Ross is an independent TD for Dublin South, and columnist in the Sunday Independent. Nick Webb is business editor of the Sunday Independent. They are the authors of Wasters, 2010's top-selling Irish current affairs title.