Book review: Rainbow coalition did much to shape modern Ireland

That government’s press secretary, Shane Kenny, has produced an enthralling account of the intensity of being inside the rainbow

Rainbow leaders Prionsias De Rossa of Democratic Left, John Bruton of Fine Gael and Dick Spring of the Labour Party. File picture: Billy Higgins

• Under the Rainbow: Inside John Bruton's coalition government 
• Shane Kenny 
• Gill Books, €24.99