The Revelation of IrelandAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 5 September 2024
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Ireland is a strikingly different country now to the one it was in the mid-1990s. Dramatic economic, social and cultural changes - from the Celtic Tiger boom to increasingly secular debate about abortion and same-sex marriage - indicated the scale of the transformation, as did the new diversity of the population.The road to peace - that saw an end to war in Northern Ireland and culminated in the first reigning British monarchs visit to the Republic in 100 years - illuminated the new Anglo-Irish dynamic. Explosive revelations about shadowy betrayals from the past unseated the traditionally powerful Catholic Church. And in the wake of the 2008 recession, Ireland recouped and rebuilt to great success, but remained plagued by health and housing failures. Economic recovery, ever closer European involvement and Anglo-Irish highs were followed by Brexit lows and fresh talk of Irish unity.There is much to open peoples eyes in this revolutionary account of contemporary Ireland. As the Republic enters its second century of independence, Diarmaid Ferriter tries to make historical sense of the country post-1990s - and what lies in the darkest corners of its archives.
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