Resetting the Republic. How to Build a Better Ireland: an engaging analysis of how we got here, and a vision for the future

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The theme of this book is subversive. The author Conor Brady, a former editor of The Irish Times, says so in the first sentence. The Republic, he believes, needs a reset that goes…

The theme of this book is subversive. The author Conor Brady, a former editor of The Irish Times, says so in the first sentence. The Republic, he believes, needs a reset that goes well beyond any simple change of government. He wants to take down or modify institutions and processes that are no longer fully fit for purpose.

It is written from what Brady claims is perhaps a unique perspective, because the author has observed the functioning of the State both from outside and, to a degree, from the inside.

There are now so many revolving doors accessing and exiting the State apparatus, it is not a unique perspective. But Brady is immersed in the State he sets out to reset. A former chair of the highly influential Top-Level Appointments Committee, (TLAC) where nearly all senior officials must go to be promoted or disappointed, a former commissioner of the Garda Ombudsman, and the son of a…

Opening of the article, excerpted from The Irish Times. To read the rest, open the article on the publisher's site.