Standing by the republic : 50 Dáil debates that shaped the nation / John Drennan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drennan, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland. Oireachtas. Dáil--History.

Ireland.

Dáil Éireann.

Ireland. Oireachtas. Dáil.

History.

Ireland--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Irish.

Physical Description:

viii, 292 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 2012.

Contents:

Hopeful Forties, Hungry Fifties 5

1 'Doomed be damned': Dev loses power and the sky doesn't fall in, 18 February 1948 7

2 Keeping the past for pride as Mr Costello declares the Republic, 24 November 1948 14

3 Protecting mothers and children? Not in our Republic, thank you, 12 April 1951 20

4 The Duke of Plaza Toro returns, leading from behind, 13 June 1951 28

5 Suffer the little children ... in blind indifference, 23 April 1954 33

6 Dev steps out, Costello steps in again, 2 June 1954 37

7 'National progress has halted': Lemass addresses the state of the nation, 13 December 1956 42

8 Hoping for an 'upsurge of patriotism': Mr Lemass is chosen, 23 June 1959 48

After the Lost Decade New Hope Blossoms... But Old Problems Scowl 53

9 A turn to the left: Lemass leads on, 23 April 1963 55

10 In the 'affluent society' even the undeserving poor deserve justice, 12 October 1966 61

11 The reluctant Taoiseach takes to the pitch, 10 November 1966 65

12 'So charming as to be dangerous', 30 November 1966 71

13 The Revenue are not the enemy: Mr Haughey's first budget, 11 April 1967 76

14 Hot Dames on Cold Slabs: The beginning of the end of the age of censorship, 10 May 1967 81

15 Oliver J. Flanagan's fishy tale, 8 November 1967 86

Enter Haughey After Jack Secures Too Much of the Love of the People 91

16 The Arms Crisis: A state and a party confront the enemy within, 6-8 May 1970 93

17 Jack's 'exercise in persuasion', 21 March 1972 100

18 The original Quiet Man comes to power, 14 March 1973 105

19 Honest Jack gobbles the lot as John Kelly plays Nostradamus, 5 July 1977 110

20 'Tis an 'Irish solution to an Irish problem', 28 February 1979 114

21 Mr Haughey 'comes with a flawed pedigree', 11 December 1979 119

The Horrid Eighties and the Great Age of Gubu 125

22 'I found my foot in some; strange doors last week', 30 June 1981 127

23 Ephemeral creations bring down the best Government we never had, 27 January 1982 131

24 A duo of despair, 9 March 1982 and 14 December 1982 136

25 Dessie O'Malley stands by the Republic, 14 February 1985 141

26 Frankenstein's monster and Pee Flynn stalk the land, 14 May 1986 146

27 Mac the Knife confronts Ireland's economic crisis, 31 March 1987 152

28 'A further significant development in the political degeneration of Fianna Fáil', 12 July 1989 157

An Evil Spirit Leaves and a Ward Boss Comes 163

29 An evil spirit governs the Republic, 31 October 1990 165

30 'I have done the state some service', 11 February 1992 171

31 Hollow, nervous laughter as they pass the graveyard, 11 February 1992 175

32 A bit of a shock as Bruton 'rises as a phoenix', 25 December 1994 179

33 We are in surplus: Labour's last budget, 22 January 1997 185

34 A rat in an anorak or a humble nort' side Dub? 26 June 1997 189

35 Ray Burke draws a line in the sand, 10 September 1997 193

36 Bertie sees the Ghost of Tribunals Future, 7 October 1997 198

37 Drinking champagne as Charlie McCreevy becomes midwife to the Celtic Tiger, 3 December 1997 203

38 Hope and history walk hand in hand, 21 April 1998 208

39 The apotheosis of the dragon's teeth of terrorism, 2 September 1998 213

Death of the Republic 217

40 A man in full: Bertie leaps the second hurdle, 6 June 2002 219

41 McCreevy's last hurrah turns into a handful of dust, 3 December 2003 224

42 Appeasement challenged: Enda comes of age, 8 February 2005 229

43 Three-in-a-row secured as death by tribunal waits, 14 June 2007 234

44 'This is a wonderful country, and we are a fortunate people': Seeing through a glass darkly as Brian Cowen becomes Taoiseach, 7 May 2008 239

45 Handing over the deeds of the country to bail out the banks, 30 September 2008 244

46 Ireland has 'turned the corner', 9 December 2009 252

47 Darkness falls, 23 November 2010 257

48 'Where do we leave our cvs for all these jobs?' 19 January 2011 264

49 Mr Cowen sips from the bitter cup for a final time, 1 February 2011 269

Epilogue 273

50 Hanging out our brightest colours for Enda, 9 March 2011 275.

ISBN:

9780717152919

071715291X

OCLC:

795849170