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Tom Gilmartin : the man who brought down a taoiseach and exposed the greed and corruption at the heart of Irish politics / by Frank Connolly.
LIBRA JF1081 .C66 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Connolly, Frank, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gilmartin, Tom, 1935-2013.
- Gilmartin, Tom.
- Political corruption--Ireland--History.
- Political corruption.
- History.
- Ireland--Politics and government--1949-.
- Ireland.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 2014.
- Summary:
- A successful property developer in England, the Sligo-born Tom Gilmartin had ambitious plans for major retail developments in Dublin in the late 1980s. Little did he know that in order to do business in the city, senior politicians and public officials would want a slice of the action ... in large amounts of cash. Gilmartin blew the whistle on corruption at the heart of government and the city's planning system, and the fallout from his claims ultimately led to the resignation of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, in 2008. The developer, who died in November 2013, was thoroughly vindicated in the final report of the Mahon Tribunal in March 2012. This is a compelling narrative of official wrong-doing and abuse of office. It exposes the roots of the political and financial disaster that has wreaked havoc in the lives of so many Irish people. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part 1 An Emigrant's Return
- 1 The long road from Lislary 9
- 2 'An ideal spot for development' 22
- 3 The corridors of power 30
- 4 'The place was totally corrupt' 39
- 5 'They'll take your money and they'll still do nothing for you' 51
- 6 'The Night of the Long Knives' 64
- 7 'The Big One' 81
- 8 'He was an honest man' 91
- 9 'I don't want to see the sky over Dublin again' 97
- Part 2 The Witness
- 10 'A personal political donation' 113
- 11 The Starry O'Brien affair 123
- 12 'Sin a bhfuil' 131
- 13 'The invisible man' 145
- 14 The Mafia and the monks 154
- 15 'As far as I can remember' 167
- 16 A shocking lie' 176
- 17 'Loans from friends and gifts from strangers' 187
- 18 'Planet Bertie' 210
- 19 'I paid the price, boy' 223
- 20 'You must be pretty short of material' 239
- 21 'Owed an apology by the state' 253.
- ISBN:
- 9780717160471
- 0717160475
- OCLC:
- 869785286
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