Book Title:Brendan O’Regan: Irish Visionary, Innovator, Peacemaker ISBN-13:9781788550246 Author:Brian O’Connell & Cian O’Carroll Publisher:Irish Academic Press Guideline Price:€29.99During my interviews with the late T.K. As Secretary of the Department of Finance, “keeper of the privy purse” on behalf of the hard-pressed taxpayers, any opposition O’Regan may have encountered from T.K. Such a sentiment, as an astute businessman, O’Regan probably well understood (although not acknowledged in the book). His experiences at Shannon later fuelled his mission to transform Third World countries by introducing similar vigorous economic development programmes, together with the coordination of the work of state and religious support agencies on the ground. His legacy to industrial, tourism and educational developments in Ireland in the most challenging of times, however, remains intact.

Source: The Irish Times May 12, 2018 05:02 UTC