Enda the Road
Subtitle: Nine Days That Toppled a Taoiseach
Publisher: Mercier Press, Limited, The
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781781176559
Subjects: Political correctness; Ireland, politics and government
Description: "Although Fine Gael's most successful leader of all time, Enda Kenny's position as Taoiseach was thrown into turmoil in February 2017 by an explosive political scandal which threatened to collapse his government, and ultimately cost him his job. In Enda the Road: Nine Days that Toppled a Taoiseach, Gavan Reilly offers an enthralling blow-by-blow account of the Maurice McCabe scandal: how a Garda whistleblower was targeted by a national smear campaign and how the government's botched response led to a fatal loss of trust in its leader. Compiled through exhaustive research and interviews with dozens of key figures and witnesses, Enda the Road is the ultimate account of a political hurricane that brought down a Taoiseach and resulted in the leadership race that ended with Leo Varadkar's appointment"--Back cover.