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An insightful, searing and clear-eyed account of Taoiseach Brian Cowen and his
time as leader of the country during Ireland''s greatest crisis
From the author of the bestselling Haughey, Gary Murphy returns w ith a major
reassessment of Ireland''s most turbulent political era. In this richly textured
account of Brian Cow en''s inexorable rise to the office of Taoiseach and his dramatic
fall, Murphy offers a ground-breaking portrait of a man and an era that defined
modern Ireland. This rigorously researched study examines the decisions,
pressures and circumstances that shaped Brian Cow en''s 1,036 days as Taoiseach,
a period that coincided w ith the collapse of Ireland''s banking system and the
state''s entry into an EU-IMF programme.
Draw ing on extensive interview s, documentation and contemporaneous accounts,
Murphy explores the context surrounding the bank guarantee, the loss of economic
autonomy and the path that led to external intervention. Balanced, detailed and
accessible, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of how government,
institutions and global forces interacted during a crisis that transformed modern
Ireland.
Gary Murphy is Professor of Politics at Dublin City University. He has w ritten
extensively on the politics of modern Ireland and is the author or co-author of eight
books and dozens of articles and book chapters. He appears regularly in the Irish
media and is currently a columnist w ith the Sunday Times. In 2021 he published
Haughey, a cradle to grave biography of another former Fianna Fáil leader, and
Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey.
time as leader of the country during Ireland''s greatest crisis
From the author of the bestselling Haughey, Gary Murphy returns w ith a major
reassessment of Ireland''s most turbulent political era. In this richly textured
account of Brian Cow en''s inexorable rise to the office of Taoiseach and his dramatic
fall, Murphy offers a ground-breaking portrait of a man and an era that defined
modern Ireland. This rigorously researched study examines the decisions,
pressures and circumstances that shaped Brian Cow en''s 1,036 days as Taoiseach,
a period that coincided w ith the collapse of Ireland''s banking system and the
state''s entry into an EU-IMF programme.
Draw ing on extensive interview s, documentation and contemporaneous accounts,
Murphy explores the context surrounding the bank guarantee, the loss of economic
autonomy and the path that led to external intervention. Balanced, detailed and
accessible, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of how government,
institutions and global forces interacted during a crisis that transformed modern
Ireland.
Gary Murphy is Professor of Politics at Dublin City University. He has w ritten
extensively on the politics of modern Ireland and is the author or co-author of eight
books and dozens of articles and book chapters. He appears regularly in the Irish
media and is currently a columnist w ith the Sunday Times. In 2021 he published
Haughey, a cradle to grave biography of another former Fianna Fáil leader, and
Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey.
- Publisher Name:Bonnier Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9781804186800
- Author:Murphy, Gary
- Publication Date:2026-09-17
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