'Offers a deliciously readable, frequently funny rundown of some of the institution's most colourful misadventures' Sunday Independent'An excellent read. Its thriller-like prose is pacy, its subjects are well-researched' Irish Examiner'Shane Ross brings a sharp eye to the controversy' Irish TimesSince it arrived on the airwaves in 1961, RTÉ has been buffeted in different directions, eventual...

As recently as 2007, the Irish economy was still booming and the state coffers overflowing; by the end of 2008, the state faces an unprecedented crisis. The story of the Irish banking collapse is a tawdry tale of collusion, back-scratching and denial among bankers, developers, regulators and politicians.This is the story Shane Ross - independent Senator, long-time champion of citizens against misbehaving corporations, and Journalist of the Year 2009 - tells in The Bankers,...

The definitive inside account of the 2016-20 coalition government.Cabinet minister Shane Ross reveals the bitter internal battles fought with the old Blueshirts, the crises when the coalition came close to collapse and the sometimes fraught personal relationships between the fifteen figures who made up the last government.He recounts how a group of Independents risked everything to form a government that was expected to last for only months but which ran fo...

Mary Lou McDonald is the bookies' favourite to be Ireland's next Taoiseach. She would be the first woman to reach the office, and the first Sinn Féin leader ever to enter government in the Republic of Ireland. But how did a quintessentially bourgeois woman become the leader of a political party with such recent links to terrorism?This exhaustively researched biography unearths new details of her family background and her privileged education, as well as her initial foray into polit...

The recent revelations regarding secret payments to star presenter Ryan Tubridy weren't the first time Ireland's national broadcaster has found itself caught up in scandal.Shane Ross, author of #1 bestsellers The Bankers and Mary Lou McDonald, winds the clock back to examine RTÉ's history of broadcasting excellence alongside the accusations of corruption, waste and ineptitude it has faced along the way, while also considering what the future might hold for this formerly beloved ins...

A devastating new exposé from the bestselling authors of The Bankers and Wasters.In March 2011, the Irish people elected a new government. But how much had really changed? In The Untouchables, Shane Ross and Nick Webb shine a light into dark corners of official Ireland to show that the blame for running the country into the ground goes well beyond Fianna Fáil, and that a dismaying number of the people who should share the blame are still ...

During the years when all seemed well with the Irish economy, a scandal bloomed in front of our faces but went mostly unnoticed: the scandal of public waste. Vast overspending on infrastructure (including a number of white elephants), extravagant use of overpriced consultants, the creation of dozens of quangos whose primary purpose seemed to be jobs for the boys, the culture of junketry that took hold in the semi-state sector and the Oireachtas - these and other dubious practices flourishe...

In "Legendary Yorkshire," Frederick Ross intricately weaves a tapestry of history, folklore, and culture, exploring the rich legacy of this storied English county. The book combines vivid storytelling with rigorous scholarship, utilizing a narrative style that invites readers into the heart of Yorkshire's landscapes. Ross delves into the lives of its iconic figures and mythical tales, mingling personal anecdotes with historical analysis, thereby creating a compelling portrait of how geogra...

In "Bygone London," Frederick Ross crafts a vivid tapestry of the capital's rich historical landscape, intertwining narratives of daily life with the social intricacies that defined various epochs. The book employs an evocative literary style, combining lyrical prose with meticulous historical research, capturing the essence of London from its Roman roots to the Victorian era. Through a series of compelling vignettes and detailed character studies, Ross immerses readers in the lived experi...

The fundamental aim of youth work is to build trusting and mutually respectful relationships with young people, creating transformative experiences for young people in formal and informal spaces outside of homes and schools. These complex and multidimensional situations mean that the day-to-day work of youth workers is full of dilemmas, pitting moral, developmental, motivational, organizational, and other concerns against each other.By showing how different youth workers respond to...