{"product_id":"was-it-for-this-why-ireland-lost-the-plot","title":"WAS IT FOR THIS? WHY IRELAND LOST THE PLOT","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow the Irish have changed over the last two tumultuous decades.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwenty years after the publication of John Waters' landmark book, \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJiving at the Crossroads\u003c\/b\u003e, Ireland is a country transformed. The remarkable success of the Celtic Tiger years, unforeseen in 1991, has given way to the sudden crash, and a torrent of rage, bewilderment and despair have swept through Irish society.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTripping on the Tiger's Tale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etakes up the story of the last two decades, delving into the Irish psyche to answer the questions: What happened to the hopes and dreams of prosperity? What is at the heart of the sense of betrayal that the Irish public feel? In the rush to modernity, did we throw away more than the shackles of the past? What sort of inheritance can we leave for our children? \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJohn Waters argues that the main problem with Irish society has not been the loss of prosperity but the fact that this prosperity, while it lasted, served to suppress real thought and discussion about how Ireland might seek to move forward. Our political leaders and commentators have clung onto the remnants of the 1960s revolutionary fervour, refusing to acknowledge that they have already triumphed over what they saw as the dark forces of the \"old Ireland\".\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRanging across a vast canvas, \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTripping on the Tiger's Tale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eponders on the legacy of our love\/hate relationship with Fianna Fáil, and its leaders from Haughey through to Cowen; the emptiness at the heart of our \"youth culture\"; our loss of a father figure; and why Ireland has become \"a ghost of a country\". If there is hope for Ireland, suggests John Waters, it is in transcending the mundane, material world, and reconnecting with the deepest desires of the human heart.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47629632242011,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/26_d8caebfd-951e-473b-a6fa-f2146680aea2.jpg?v=1706719425","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/was-it-for-this-why-ireland-lost-the-plot","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}