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Straight Left: A Journey in Politics
Ruairi Quinn
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Description for Straight Left: A Journey in Politics
Hardback. 8vo. Very good copy.. First edition. . Irish Politics and Politicans.. 20th Century Ireland.
Having spent thirty-five years committed to Irish politics, Ruairi Quinn has now written about his own journey - a journey that has taken him to the heights of power as Labour's first ever Minister for Finance and Leader of the Labour Party. From his days as a student radical, Ruairi captures the events that have taken Ireland into the twenty-first century - the economic and political crises of the 1980s, the fall of the Iron Curtain and the rise of the EU. A new decade saw the revolutionary presidential election of Mary Robinson, ... Read more
Having spent thirty-five years committed to Irish politics, Ruairi Quinn has now written about his own journey - a journey that has taken him to the heights of power as Labour's first ever Minister for Finance and Leader of the Labour Party. From his days as a student radical, Ruairi captures the events that have taken Ireland into the twenty-first century - the economic and political crises of the 1980s, the fall of the Iron Curtain and the rise of the EU. A new decade saw the revolutionary presidential election of Mary Robinson, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Castleknock, Ireland
ISBN
9780340832967
SKU
KEX0310295
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About Ruairi Quinn
Born in Dublin in 1946, Ruairi Quinn qualified as an architect before standing for election in 1973. He has had a number of high-profile positions in various cabinets (Minister of Labour 1984-87, Minister of Finance 1994-97) and was Leader of the Labour Party from 1997 to 2002. He has three children. Malachi and Sine from his ... Read more
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