Rourke Mary O: Just Mary [2012] hardback BEAUT in a promise he could

in a promise he could not keep

both Irish-born and imported

No one who can really love her

Compulsively readable and endlessly thought-provoking

Rourke Mary O: Just Mary [2012] hardback BEAUT in a promise he couldAlthough they have become more frequent in recent years, Irish political memoirs are still relatively rare. Even rarer still are political memoirs that still are frank, newsworthy and fun, like this one from Mary O'Rourke. She writes of personal and political events; of her family background and her early involvement in politics: of the many senior political figures to whom she was close, especially Charles Haughey and Bertie Ahern; of her two beloved