Book review: A useful lesson from our past

The core message of this valuable book is that a party founded by some truly odious bigots — Fine Gael — has evolved into a modernish, socially liberal force

Irish fascist politician and leader of the Blueshirts, General Eoin O’Duffy, who was Garda Commissioner under Éamon de Valera and later president of Fine Gael. Picture: Getty

• Burn Them Out A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland 
• Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc 
• Head of Zeus, €16.99