Book description
From the night when the Irish government guaranteed the debts of
Irish banks in September 2008, to November 2010 when heavy hitters
from the IMF and the ECB arrived in government buildings , Ireland was
on a one-way road to ruin.
In How Ireland Really Went Bust Matt Cooper,
journalist, broadcaster and No 1 bestselling author of Who
Really Runs Ireland?, describes the tumultuous events of
that period and he assesses the fall-out and what it means for
Ireland's future.
Drilling deep into the economic collapse and the unprecedented
political upheaval that characterised the time after the bank bailout
and led to a game-changing general election, Cooper gets to the heart
of what really happened. He investigates the background of the key
decisions and reveals why they were taken, and by whom, to throw new
light on a period that has changed Ireland forever.
Finally, Cooper sees signs that all is not lost - though we may have
sunk to our lowest ebb as an economic entity, he sees glimmers of
promise in a new breed of business leaders and political activists who
see this as a time when Ireland can change for the better.
In over twenty years as a reporter (
Business & Finance
,
Sunday Business Post
,
Irish Independent
) and editor (
Sunday Tribune
), and now as a radio presenter (
Today FM
) and newspaper opinion columnist (
Sunday Times
,
Irish Examiner
), Matt Cooper has enjoyed proximity and access to the most significant
people in Irish politics and business, hearing from them and hearing
about them from a variety of sources. His depth of experience means he
is in an unrivalled position to assess and interpret the actions of the
powerful and their implications for us all.
