The Price of Power

When Fine Gael and Labour swept into government, they knew they were facing the greatest crisis in the history of the state. What confronted them was beyond their direst imaginings. The Price of Power is the riveting inside story of how they have led - and misled - Ireland. This is the story of trying to govern a country on the verge of ruin - the favours, the deals, the policy compromises and previously unthinkable choices that had to be made. It is a gripping tale of high drama (and high dudgeon), of betrayal, backstabbing and disillusionment, of those who rose to the challenge and those who withered under the strain. In Showtime acclaimed political writer Pat Leahy got under the skin of the Fianna Fáil-led government that wrecked Ireland. Now, with the same mix of unrivalled inside information, astute analysis and exciting writing, he lifts the lid on the coalition that is supposed to get us out of the fix.