Tom Gilmartin: The Man Who Brought Down a Taoiseach and Exposed the Greed and Corruption at the Hear
| By: | Frank Connolly |
| Publisher: | Gill & Macmillan Ltd |
| Published: | March 2014 |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Categories: | Politics |
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The inside beef from the man who bought a government.
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