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Tue 12 Dec 2008Lifting the tent flaps to reveal the warm air and half truths of Irish politics
BOOK OF THE DAY:Spin and Win: How Politicians Get ElectedBy Anton Savage Currach Press 192pp, €14.99
OVER THE past 10 years I was a keen visitor to the Galway races. Invariably, someone who knew or recognised you as a Fianna Fáil politician would beseech you for a complimentary pass to go in and see the famous tent which had launched so many newspaper articles about speculators, property wealth, conspicuous consumption and our party's relationship with the construction sector. Despite its reputation the Galway tent had a long line of people who were dying to get inside and have a good gawk.
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