COONEY, John. Battleship Bertie: Politics in Ahern’s Ireland (Signed edition)

Dublin: Blantyremoy Publications, 2008. First edition. .pp. 346. Original publisher’s blue printed wrappers. A fine clean copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page: “Enjoy! John Cooney, Terenure, November 9, 2008.”

A contemporary account of Irish political life during the premiership of Bertie Ahern, drawn largely from the author’s widely read Western People columns between 2004 and 2008. Cooney, a prominent Irish journalist and political commentator, provides an insider’s perspective on the personalities, controversies, and shifting alliances that characterised Irish politics in the final years of the Celtic Tiger era.

The work captures a pivotal period in modern Irish political history, offering commentary on the tribunals, coalition politics, and the public image of Ahern’s government during a time of economic expansion shortly before the financial crisis.

A scarce signed presentation copy of this modern Irish political study.

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