THE MURDERER AND THE TAOISEACH
by Harry McGee
While folks may know that “Gubu” has its origins in the words used by Taoiseach Charles Haughey to describe the capture of the killer of two young people in the home of the Attorney General, Patrick Connolly: grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented, many will not know the full story of the… well… eh… bizarre… events that led to that extraordinary Haughey press conference.
As the book’s blurb states Harry McGee expertly tells the story of the aristocratic Malcolm Macarthur and retraces the events of the hot summer of 1982, from Macarthur’s senseless cold-blooded murder of Bridie Gargan and Dónal Dunne, through the cat-and-mouse Garda manhunt to Macarthur’s eventual capture in the most unlikely of locations. Continue reading “My Summer 2023 Political Reading List”
Ruadhán MacCormaic’s The Supreme Court (Penguin Ireland) is a fascinating history and account of our top court. It is, in the words of Vincent Browne, “…not just for people interested in law; it tells you a lot about Ireland.” It is no mere dry chronology of landmark ruling, but rather it tells the story of the court through its people, both on and before the bench, and the influence it has had on our society. A definite must read for anyone seriously interested in public policy.
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