The Taoiseach ed Iain Dale (Signed by Iain Dale) COMING 23 OCTOBER 2025
£20.00
Hardback
Swift Publishing
23 October 2025
With a foreword from the current Taoiseach, Micheal Martin.
The book of the podcast series hosted by Iain Dale, available on all podcast platforms.
A chapter on each of the 16 men who have held the office of Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland by a group of Irish politicians, historians, journalists and academics.
W T Cosgrave – Dr Ciara Meehan, reader in politics at the University of Hertfordshire
Eamon de Valera – David McCullagh, Irish journalist, author and presenter with RTÉ, Ireland's national radio and television station, and De Valera’s biographer
John Costello – Charles Lysaght, Irish lawyer, biographer, obituarist and columnist.
Sean Lemass – Bryce Evans, professor of modern history at Liverpool Hope University
Jack Lynch – Stephen Collins, columnist with and former political editor of The Irish Times
Liam Cosgrave – Deirdre Foley, Irish Research Council Fellow at University College Cork
Charles Haughey – Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics at Dublin City University
Garret FitzGerald – Eoin O’Malley, Associate Professor of Political Science at Dublin City University
Albert Reynolds – Martin Mansergh, former Fianna Fáil parliamentarian and government minister
John Bruton – Martin Dempsey, Journalist and political commentator
Bertie Ahern – Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner.
Brian Cowen – Theresa Reidy, lecturer in politics at University College Cork
Enda Kenny – Gavan Reilly, Journalist, broadcaster and author
Leo Varadkar – Philip Ryan, Group Political Editor of Independent Newspapers in Dublin, and Varadkar’s biographer
Micheál Martin – Gavan Reilly, Irish journalist working for Newstalk and Virgin Media One
Simon Harris - Pat Leahy, Political editor, Irish Times
W T Cosgrave 1922-32
Eamon de Valera 1932-59
John Costello 1948-57
Sean Lemass 1959-66
Jack Lynch 1966-79
Liam Cosgrave 1973-77
Charles Haughey 1977-92
Garret Fitzgerald 1981-
Albert Reynolds 1992-94
John Bruton 1994-97
Bertie Ahern 1997-2008
Brian Cowen 2008-11
Enda Kenny 2011-17
Leo Varadkar 2017-2022-
Micheál Martin 2020-22, 2025-
Simon Harris 2024-2025