How Ireland Really Went Bust - Softcover

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In over twenty years as a reporter (Business & Finance, Sunday Business Post, Irish Independent) and editor (Sunday Tribune), and now as a radio presenter (Today FM) and newspaper opinion columnist (Sunday Times, Irish Examiner), Matt Cooper has enjoyed proximity and access to the most significant people in Irish politics and business, hearing from them and hearing about them from a variety of sources. His depth of experience means he is in an unrivalled position to assess and interpret the actions of the powerful and their implications for us all.

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From the night when the Irish government guaranteed the debts of Irish banks in September 2008 Ireland was on a one-way road to ruin.

In How Ireland Really Went Bust Matt Cooper, journalist, broadcaster and No 1 bestselling author of Who Really Runs Ireland?, describes the events of the tumultuous three years since then - climaxing with the arrival of the heavy hitters from the IMF and the ECB in Government Buildings in November 2010 - and he assesses the fall-out and what it means for Ireland's future.

Drilling deep into the human dramas, the business catastrophes, the economic collapse and the unprecedented political upheaval that characterised the time after the bank bailout, Cooper gets to the heart of what really happened. He investigates the background of the key decisions and reveals why they were taken, and by whom, to throw new light on a period that has changed Ireland forever.

Finally, Cooper details the agonizing political demise of Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan and the near obliteration of Fianna Fáil as the dominant force in Irish political life. And he examines the formidable task facing Enda Kenny's new coalition government as it faces into a whole new era where Ireland's fate is in the hands of financiers, civil servants and politicians from Europe and beyond.

Matt Cooper presents The Last Word on Today FM and writes weekly columns for the Sunday Times and the Examiner. How Ireland Really Went Bust is his second book.