Brian Cowen: The Path to Power - Couverture souple

O'Toole, Jason

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848270291 ISBN 13 : 9781848270299

Editeur : Transworld Ireland, 2008

Synopsis

First biography of Brian Cowen, Ireland's new leader and Taoiseach

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À propos de l'auteur

Jason O'Toole has worked as a staff journalist with the Irish Mail on Sunday and The Evening Herald. He has also written for other publications, including The Sunday Times, In Dublin, Film Ireland, Empire, The Star and the Daily Mail. He is currently the Senior Editor at Hot Press magazine.

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Meet Ireland's new Taoiseach, Brian Cowen

Despite a high profile at the centre of Irish political life for more than twenty years, relatively little is known about our new leader. Just who is Brian Cowen?

The story begins in the village of Clara, Co. Offaly, where family, local life and the GAA were formative influences. The sudden and unexpected death of his father, Ber Cowen, Fianna Fáil TD for Laois Offaly, thrust a twenty-four year-old Cowen into the heart of Irish politics.

After a ten-year apprenticeship on the back benches, Cowen was appointed to his first ministerial position by Albert Reynolds and later went on to hold the senior cabinet positions of Health, Foreign Affairs and Finance. By the time of Bertie Ahern's resignation, Cowen's standing in the party was such that his election to the leadership of Fianna Fáil seemed inevitable. On 7 May 2008, Brian Cowen became Ireland's eleventh Taoiseach.

Here, for the first time, is a portrait of Brian Cowen which follows his remarkable life story, tracing the road to power from early childhood right up to his eventful early months in the office of An Taoiseach.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Transworld Ireland
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848270291
• ISBN 13: 9781848270299
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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