The Maximalist: The Rise and Fall of Tony O'Reilly

Name: The Maximalist: The Rise and Fall of Tony O'Reilly
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Matt Cooper

Sep 2015 · Gill & Macmillan Ltd

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I am a maximalist ... I want more of everything.'Tony O'Reilly strode into the twenty-first century an Irishman apart. Strikingly good-looking, athletically gifted, irresistibly charismatic and phenomenally wealthy, he had everything any man could want. For many, he was a hero, the living embodiment of Irish potential; for others, he was an arrogant and overbearing presence at the heart of power. Without doubt, he was the most powerful unelected Irishman of the past 50 years.His philosophy was simple: 'I am a maximalist ... I want more of everything.'But it was never enough. And today, O'Reilly's empire and the formidable reputation it established lie in tatters.In this landmark biography, Matt Cooper draws on an abundance of new material, including interviews with many of O'Reilly's closest family, friends, associates and rivals, to uncover the man behind the myth. An Irish epic, it documents in unflinching detail and with great subtlety the meteoric rise and slow unravelling of an Irish icon.

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Matt Cooper is the presenter of The Last Word on Today FM, one of the nation’s most popular radio shows. In over twenty years as a reporter (Business & Finance, Sunday Business Post, Irish Independent) and editor (Sunday Tribune), and now as a broadcaster and columnist (Irish Daily Mail), Matt Cooper has enjoyed access to the most significant people in Irish politics and business, putting him in an unrivalled position to assess and interpret the actions of Ireland’s most powerful figures.He is the author of two bestselling books, Who Really Runs Ireland? (2009) and How Ireland Really Went Bust (2011). He also narrated the acclaimed documentary ‘Dennis Rodman’s Big Bang in Pyongyang’ (2015) after he travelled with the basketballer to North Korea in 2014. He is a television sports host with TV3 and presented the station’s 2015 Rugby World Cup coverage.From Cork, he lives in Dublin with his wife and their five children.

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