Frenzy and betrayal : the anatomy of a political assassination / Alan Shatter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shatter, Alan Joseph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland. Garda Síochána.

Political corruption--Ireland.

Political corruption.

Corruption.

Politics and government.

Shatter, Alan Joseph.

Ireland. Garda Síochána--Corrupt practices.

Ireland.

Ireland--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

452 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Newbridge : Merrion Press, 2019.

Contents:

1 Plane Sailing p. 9

2 Joined at the Hip p. 12

3 Vulnerabilities, Anomalies and Threats p. 24

4 The Media Frenzy Begins p. 29

5 Confusion Confounded and a Wandering Definitive p. 36

6 GSOC Unchained and Post-Truths p. 44

7 Insomnia, the Pink Panther and Inspector Gadget p. 51

8 Sticky Wickets and Rits Crackers! p. 59

9 Flying Empty Planes, Severed Hips and Rotting Fish p. 65

10 Political Tsunami p. 73

11 GSOC Cooked p. 78

12 The Presumption of Guilt and Chasing Geese! p. 87

13 Cooking Cooke and the Invisible Leak p. 93

14 Along Comes Olly! p. 103

15 A Tangled Web and Armageddon p. 122

16 The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the? p. 131

17 Guilty Until Proven Innocent p. 143

18 The Ides of March p. 151

19 Ticket Charges and Penalty Points p. 157

20 Disgust p. 172

21 'Real People Love the Shane and Mary Lou Show' p. 190

22 A Failed Prophet and a Ticking Time Bomb p. 203

23 'Distinguished not Disgusting' p. 210

24 Entering a Parallel Universe p. 218

25 Varadkar's Source p. 228

26 Garda Recordings Discovered p. 234

27 Oh what a Tangled Web p. 242

28 The Garda Commissioner Retires p. 256

29 Shedding Crocodile Tears p. 267

30 Tapegate, Twin Egos, Leo Lionised and God's Earth p. 272

31 Fake News Irish-Style and Alternative Facts p. 285

32 The Arrogant and Perfidious Jew p. 288

33 The Guerin Report is Born p. 298

34 A Uniquely Irish Political Coup p. 309

35 Guerin v O'Higgins: The Truth Two Years Too Late p. 315

36 A Rush to Judgement, Legal Guff and Reformers Beware! p. 328

37 Complaints Upheld, Exaggerated, Unfounded and Withdrawn p. 336

38 Betrayal, Conscience, Excoriation and Vindication p. 346

39 Watergate Irish-Style p. 357

40 The Rule of Law p. 372

41 Outside Looking In p. 385

42 Enda Kenny Resigns p. 396

43 The Resignations of Nóirín O'Sullivan and Frances Fitzgerald p. 402

44 The Disclosures Tribunal Reports p. 411

45 Closure and a Pyrrhic Victory p. 428.

ISBN:

9781785372377

1785372378

OCLC:

1104029803

Publisher Number:

99981508257